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3 killed as three lorries crash in Chitradurga | Latest News India

3 killed as three lorries crash in Chitradurga | Latest News India

Mar 06, 2025 08:48 AM IST Three people died in a crash involving two lorries near Chitradurga on NH-4, with one parked lorry hit by an LPG truck and then another lorry. Three people died on Wednesday in a crash between tree lorries on the outskirts of Chitradurga, police said. 3 killed as three lorries crash in Chitradurga “The accident occurred at around 5.30 am on NH-4, just outside Chitradurga. A lorry transporting paddy from Chitradurga to Davanagere was parked beside the road due to a burst tire. The driver and cleaner of the parked lorry were attempting to change the tire when a lorry carrying LPG cylinders crashed into it. Within minutes, another lorry transporting watermelons also rammed into the parked truck,” Chitradurga Rural police inspector M Muthuraj told HT The deceased were identified as Periya Swamy (35), driver of a parked lorry; Shekhar (52), a cleaner of another lorry; and Mohammed Kaif (22), a cleaner from a third vehicle. “The autopsy was conducted at Chitradurga district hospital, and the bodies were then handed …

Andhra Minister flags off lorries loaded with food, water for flood-hit residents

Minister for Transport M. Ramprasad Reddy shaking hands with a volunteer after flagging off vehicles transporting food and water to flood victims, in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Minister for Transport M. Ramprasad Reddy, at his camp office in Vijayawada on September 4 (Wednesday), flagged off lorries laden with food and water to be distributed among those stranded in the flood-affected areas of the State. Among the vehicles dispatched, two lorries were loaded with water bottles, four with fruits like apple and banana and another two with bread and biscuits. The Minister said they were meant to be distributed among rain-hit residents of Jakkampudi, Singh Nagar, Vijayawada West and Gannavaram segments as per the instructions of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Source link

10 lorries seized in midnight raids on illegal transportation of gravel in Eluru district

Revenue officials conducted a raid on illegal transportation of gravel in the Eluru district on Sunday midnight. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ELURU The revenue and police officials have seized ten lorries loaded with gravel in a midnight raid on illegal transportation of gravel in the Eluru district.  In an official release, Eluru District Collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh said, “The raids have been conducted at Chodimella and Duggirala areas on the midnight of Sunday. The collection and transportation of gravel for house construction purposes are permitted only during the daytime”. The permission for transportation of the gravel was given to the beneficiaries of the housing scheme. The raids were led by Eluru Revenue Divisional Officer N.S. Khazawali. “We have seized the ten lorries loaded with gravel and handed them over to the police for further investigation”. Source link