Hyderabad, July 26 -- Nearly eight years after the devastating Kondagattu bus accident that claimed 65 lives in what remains Telangana's deadliest road disaster, authorities have finally removed the mangled wreckage of the ill-fated Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus from in front of the Malyala Police Station in Jagtial Jagtialdistrict.

For years, the rusting remains of the bus stood as a painful reminder of the tragedy that unfolded on September 11, 2018, when an overcrowded TGSRTC Palle Velugu bus carrying devotees from the Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple at Kondagattu plunged into a deep gorge while descending the ghat road. While 45 passengers died on the spot, another 20 later succumbed to their injuries, taking the ...