Bantwal: Auto-drivers protest against busses running on service lanes on BC Road
Bantwal: Auto drivers on Monday blocked several private and government buses on the service lane on BC road alleging them to be disrupting traffic here.
Earlier, the private and government buses that used to come to BC road used to stop at BC road bus stand while the auto-rickshaw drivers used to operate from beside the bus stand which would facilitate auto drivers and the public. Auto drivers protested and added the new route of buses was causing inconvenience to the public and auto drivers.
Bantwal traffic police and Crime SI Sudhakar G rushed to the spot and handled the matter. Sudhakar urged the protesting auto drivers to call off the protest and take up the issue with ASP of Bantwal, after which the drivers stopped the protest and complained the matter to ASP.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
