A series of horrific road accidents that have killed dozens of people over the last few weeks has jolted Telangana’s collective conscience. A sleeper bus travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire on a national highway near Kurnool, killing 19 passengers. In another accident, a lorry carrying gravel swerved to avoid a pothole and collided with a State-run passenger bus at Chevella, also killing 19 people. These incidents have drawn national attention, prompting the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety to hold meetings with stakeholders in Hyderabad to address road safety issues.

The Cyberabad police are knocking on the doors of serial violators with numerous unpaid traffic challans. But to blame motorists and traffic rule violations alone would be a gross oversimplification of

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