Yesterday a flyover under construction at Punjagutta collapsed in the evening killing two persons. It is feared that many more maybe dead under the girders and cement portions that fell down on cars and autorickshaws. As per the news reports heavy rain and digging of pipelines caused the mishap but whatever the reason the accident has claimed the lives of several innocent people. I watched the television images shocked at the way the whole structure collapsed on the commuters.
HYDERABAD JINXED?
As people around me discuss about this latest accident they also talk of some kind of jinx that seemed to have hit Hyderabad. Two weeks ago it was the bomb blasts and now this. There have been other accidents in the State and people are linking up the events to some kind of a jinx. Whatever, Hyderabad isn't the happy go lucky city it once was. There is some kind of anxiety and fear on the faces of people. A feeling that they aren't so safe is seen in almost everyone.
No one can do anything about such things but my advice would be to wear your helmet and follow the traffic rules to begin with. It was in a newspaper report that one of the cars that was crushed under the girder near yesterday's flyover accident had skipped a red light and sped away only to be met with disaster. Had the driver stopped at the light he would have been alive today.
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