Schoolboy killed in road accident
The Hindu
BELAGAVI
A student died and another was injured when a lorry hit the motorbike that was carrying them in the Military Camp area in Belagavi district on Wednesday.
While 10-year-old Arhan Bepari died on the spot, 14-year-old Atika Bepari was injured.
Another boy, Ayush Kumar, who was walking along, was saved.
A case has been registered.
The road accident made residents angry who threw stones at the vehicle. Some of them demanded that the police prohibit movement of heavy vehicles in the city during school opening and closing hours.
This is the second such accident in the city in three days. Two days ago, a sand lorry had crushed a school student near the old vegetable market.
he Tamil Nadu Government will take appropriate decision to protect the welfare and livelihood of Manjolai tea estate workers as Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, which is managing the tea gardens for the past 90-odd years, is about to wind up its operations in near future, Speaker M. Appavu has said.