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The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has recommended that the tallness of the guardrails connected the Venpalavattom flyover on the National Highway 66 bypass successful Thiruvananthapuram beryllium increased.
Commission chairperson Alexander Thomas directed that the recommendations that were made earlier by the State Road Safety Commissioner successful this respect beryllium taken earnestly and implemented without delay.
The directive was issued portion considering a lawsuit relating to the tragic decease of a young pistillate who plunged into a work roadworthy aft her scooter crashed into the broadside obstruction of the flyover successful an incidental that occurred connected July 1, 2024.
The victim, Simi, a autochthonal of Kovalam, was riding pillion connected the scooter driven by her sister Sini. Simi’s three-year-old girl Shivanya, who was besides travelling with them, and Sini sustained injuries successful the mishap.
The Commission has besides directed the District Collector to convene a gathering of officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to sermon the contented and follow due follow-up measures to forestall akin accidents successful the future.
The lawsuit was brought earlier the Commission based connected a ailment filed by societal activistic Sabeer Tholikkuzhy, who alleged that the mishap occurred owed to the inadequate tallness of the flyover’s guardrail.
