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Min refutes allegation that contract drivers were responsible for crash
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
|December 02, 2025
TRANSPORT minister S S Sivashankar on Monday dismissed opposition allegations that contract drivers were responsible for the Nachiyarpuram road accident.
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Addressing the media at Government Rajaji Hospital after meeting the victims' and deceased's families, he clarified that both drivers involved were government employees. He added that contract drivers are appointed only to manage vacancies, a longstanding practice followed irrespective of the r
This story is from the December 02, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tirunelveli.
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