Government released ₹9.75 lakh compensation for blast victims of Parvatipuram: MLA

Telugu Desam Party MLA Bonela Vijaya Chandra on Saturday (October 25) said that the State government has paid compensation of ₹ 9.75 lakh to four workers who were seriously injured due to firecracker packets exploding at Parvatipuram’s ANL packet counter on October 19, 2025. The money was given to the victims – Ravi, Reddi Ramesh, K. Ramesh and B. Sundara Rao – for their treatment in corporate hospitals.

According to a press release from his office, the MLA brought the issue to the notice of Transport Minister Mandapalli Ram Prasad Reddy and APSRTC Director General Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, saying that the incident took place due to negligence on the part of ANL services, which allowed parcels of explosive nature without verification of goods carried in APSRTC vehicles. Mr. Vijaya Chandra met both Mr. Ram Prasad Reddy and Mr. Tirumala Rao in Vijayawada and requested early payment and this was done within a week for continued quality treatment in the respective hospitals.