Eluru Collector monitoring relief ops

PNS|Eluru

Eluru District Collector V Prasanna Venkatesh responded immediately after receiving information about the bus accident of Ayyappa devotees from Eluru at Pathanamthitta in Kerala State. District Collector Prasanna Venkatesh spoke to Pathanamthitta district Collector and the SP enquired about relief measures. Kerala authorities said that all assistance is being extended to the victims.

The Collector said that on November 15, 80 Ayyappa devotees left the district in two buses. On the return journey after Ayyappa’s darshan, a bus accident took place at 8.30 am while descending the hill on Saturday. 18 devotees in the bus were injured and four were seriously injured and were shifted to Kottayam Medical College Hospital at Pathanamthitta Hospital for better treatment. The remaining 14 people are being treated at the local Ayyappa Seva Samiti Hospital.

Collector Prasanna Venkatesh spoke to some Ayyappa devotees and asked for their health information. He asked the concerned authorities to provide better medical facilities to the injured and take measures to send the Ayyappa devotees back to Eluru safely.

Eluru RDO K Penchala Kishore visited the families of the injured in Madepalli village after getting the information about the bus accident of Ayyappa devotees from Eluru at Pathanamthitta, Kerala state on Saturday. The RDO spoke to the parents and the family members of Ayyappa devotees to be courageous as the injured are undergoing treatment. The details of the devotees who went to Sabaramalai were collected. Eluru Tahsildar Somasekhar and others were accompanied by the RDO.

Denduluru MLA Kottaru Abbayya Choudhary visited the families and relatives of Ayyappa devotees who had an accident while returning from their visit to Ayyappa on Saturday. Along with MLA, Eluru RDO K Penchal Kishore and Tahsildar B Somasekhar were present.