It has been raining continuously for the past few days in Nellai district. In that way yesterday, Nellai district received widespread heavy rains in Valliyur and surrounding areas.
A bus trying to cross the bridge
In this case, rainwater was stagnant to the extent of 4 feet in the lower part of the railway bridge which is located on the road from Valliyur to Tiruchendur. Due to this, a government bus going from Nagercoil to Tiruchendur is trying to cross this bridge while the traffic in that area is affected.
Alerted public
But the bus got stuck in the standing water in the middle of the bridge and broke down. Due to this, all the passengers in the bus suffered. The fire department immediately rushed to the bus and rescued the public safely. Meanwhile, before the bus got stuck in the water, a few members of the public there warned the bus driver not to go.
Investigation
Investigation revealed that this situation happened to the passengers because the public warned the bus driver not to pass through this bridge that the water was standing up to four feet.
Departmental Inquiry
A video in which the public warned the driver to be like this went viral on social media and following this, the officials of the Nellie Transport Corporation conducted a departmental inquiry into the incident. Further investigation revealed that Sasikumar, a resident of Kulachal Paninmana in Nagercoil District under the Nellie Transport Corporation, was riding the bus.
suspend
Taking this into consideration, the Transport Corporation officials have suspended the bus driver Sasikumar who recklessly drove the bus and trapped the passengers in the water despite the public’s warning.
