Bhimavaram, April 16 -- Two National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers were killed and two others were injured when the minivan ran over them at Nallamvari Thota in Mogaltur mandal on NH 216 in West Godavari district on Wednesday.
Police said that when a group of NREGA workers were carrying out irrigation canal works, a speeding minivan ploughed through them, killing Kadali Pavani (40) and Gubbala Ganga Devi (50). Both were killed instantaneously, and they belonged to Nakkavanipalem village.
The injured persons G. Manikyala Rao and G Satyanarayan were admitted to the GGH in Narasapuram. West Godavari district Collector Chadalavada Nagarani and Government Whip and MLA Bommidi Nayakar visited the scene of the accident. Later they visit...