Coimbatore: In a major tragedy, five persons died and several others injured after the roof of a bus terminus collapsed at Somanur in Coimbatore suburbs on Thursday.
Police said the concrete structure has become damp and weak following heavy rains over the last one week leading to its fall. Several people were waiting to board a bus under the roof when the catastrophe took place.
At around 1.30 pm, the roof fell like a thud trapping many passengers under concrete debris. On receiving information, the district police along with fire fighting personnel rushed to carry out rescue operations. Two government buses were also damaged as the sunshade fell on them.
The front portion of bus No. 90 A was completely mangled and its driver was injured. Some eye witnesses said that the terminus collapsed after one of the bus hit a portion of the structure. However, it is yet to be confirmed by the police.
Strike does more harm than rendering justice
Recording this submission, Justice Sasidharan said that the Supreme Court in T K Rangarajan's case had made it very clear that the government employees cannot claim that they could take society to ransom by going on strike.The weapon of strike does more harm than rendering justice to the cause.
And the strike by teachers participating in the strike would affect the entire education system, said Justice Sasidharan. The court advised the employees to resort to the machinery provided under different statutory provisions for redressal of their grievances instead of going on strike.
