Mother, Daughter Die as Tractor Heading to Medaram Overturns in Bhupalapally
28 Jan 2026 11:11 AM IST28 Jan 2026 11:11 AM IST
The accident occurred when the tractor with over 25 people was on the way to Medaram to part in Sammakka Saralamma jathara in Mulugu district
A mother and her daughter died after the tractor on which they were travelling overturned at Borlagudem in Mahamuttharam mandal in Bhupalapally district on Wednesday. (Representational Image)
Adilabad: A mother and her daughter were killed when the tractor in which they were travelling to Medaram overturned at Borlagudem village in Mahamutharam mandal of Bhoopalapalli district late on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred while devotees were on their way to Medaram for darshan of Sammakka-Saralamma.
The deceased were identified as Kasthuri Laxmi, 45, and her daughter Kasthuri Akshitha, 21, residents of Muthyampet village in Kautala mandal of Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. They had arrived two days earlier at a relative’s house in Bommapur village of Mahadevpur mandal and were travelling with family members in a local tractor to Medaram.
Around 25 people were travelling in the tractor at the time of the accident. The injured were shifted to the Bhoopalapalli government hospital for treatment.
In a separate incident, a man identified as Kiran, 45, from Mancherial drowned in the Jampanna Vagu while taking a holy dip at Medaram on Wednesday. He went missing for some time before his body was retrieved from the stream. Kiran had come to Medaram along with his family for Sammakka–Saralamma darshan. His family members were left in shock as the incident occurred in their presence.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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