Click to play videoNew Delhi: Away from the broken glass and the blood, some distance from an angry mob, Mona Chaudhary is sobbing silently, asking anyone who cares to listen if they've seen her husband.
He had set off from his home in Badarpur on Sunday morning to take bus no. 460 to work. It was the bus that ran over 18 people near Sarita Vihar on Mathura Highway later in the morning, killing seven instantly.
Eyewitnesses say the driver was drunk and was driving at a breakneck speed.
“It was a really bad accident. The driver rammed in to the footpath and killed these people instantly,” says one
As the news spread, an angry mob of around 300 people surrounded the accident site. Within minutes, the situation turned so tense that police had to divert traffic coming on to this road.
The police later tear-gassed and lathicharged the crowd, and for fear that the driver would be lynched, they let him get away, so he could be arrested later.
The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into the incident and ordered the cancellation of the driver's license.
“A compensation of one lakh will be given to the kin of those dead,” said Delhi Transport Minister, Haroon Yusuf.
Every time there is a Blueline-related bus accident the Delhi government gets away by making all the right noises.
But with seven people dead today - the total death toll for the year has gone to 90 - it's high time the Delhi government stopped talking and stared doing something to control these killer buses.
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