Hyderabad, Aug. 21 -- The Telangana High Court on Wednesday, August 20, came down heavily on the government and civic authorities over the Ramanthapur electrocution tragedy, in which six people lost their lives.

Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka, while hearing the matter, raised pointed questions about accountability, asking:

"Who will take responsibility for people's lives? The Centre? The state government? The GHMC? Or the service providers? How can each one say it's not their responsibility? Everyone is responsible for the Ramantapur incident. Show some concern for human lives. Six people have died, without people, what use are cables and internet?" the bench asked.

The observations were made during the hearing of alunch motion petition fil...