India, April 8 -- Two deaths in less than 48 hours, both involving water tankers, have raised fresh safety concerns in NIBM, Mohammadwadi, Undri and Wanowrie-areas where the unregulated movement of tankers has long worried residents.

Nineteen-year-old Aariz Shaikh died on April 5 after a tanker hit his two-wheeler. Two days later, on April 7, a woman was killed in Wanowrie in a similar incident. The back-to-back accidents have triggered demands for immediate action against what residents call reckless tanker operations.

Residents said tankers, though essential, should not ply during peak hours. "They speed through congested residential roads when traffic is at its worst," said a Wanowrie resident.

Jaymala Dhankikar, a civic activist fr...