India, Oct. 27 -- In the absence of proper regulations on long-distance sleeper luxury buses, they have turned into coffins on the move as several such accidents have been reported in recent months. In the last one year, there have been more than 150 deaths, which have been reported involving such buses.

Officials in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) claim in the absence of proper guidelines, this unorganised sector of long-haul sleeper buses is operating without quality control, or safety.

In the last fortnight, three major sleeper bus accidents have been reported, killing 50 people, including that in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh on October 24.

Few days ago, on October 14, similar accident was reported from near Jaisalm...