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The rider database of the Vemuri Kaveri Travels showed that the drop-off points of astir travellers were on the Bengaluru’s IT corridor, suggesting galore of the deceased and injured were apt tech workers returning aft Deepavali holidays.
According to the list, 36 of the 41 passengers were to alight astatine points on the IT corridor, specified arsenic Hebbal, Esteem Mall, Hennur, Kalyan Nagar, Tin Factory, Mahadevapura, Marathahalli, Bellandur, HSR Layout, Silk Board junction, Electronics City, and Bommasandra.
Victims Anusha Reddy and G. Dhathri, who were bundle engineers moving successful Bengaluru, were to alight astatine Marathahalli Multiplex and Tin Factory respectively. A household of 4 - Golla Ramesh, his woman Anusha, and 2 children - who were to alight astatine Kalyan Nagar, were besides among the deceased.
Majority of the passengers were youngsters and astir of them successful their 20s and 30s.
Call for action
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the Greater Bengaluru IT Companies and Industries’ Association (GBITCIA) called for urgent enactment by transport authorities and work providers to guarantee the highest information standards for each intercity commuters and to instrumentality measures preventing specified incidents successful the future.
“We stay committed to providing each imaginable assistance to the affected families and providing coordination betwixt our subordinate companies, section administration, and exigency services. We articulation the assemblage successful remembering the lives that were lost, and reaffirm our committedness to advocacy for safer question and moving environments for each IT professionals on the corridor,” said a connection from GBITCIA.
