Two fatal crashes in Rajasthan and Telangana kill at least 31

Two separate road crashes in India over the weekend and early Monday killed at least 31 people and injured dozens, authorities said, as rescue teams worked to recover victims and officials ordered inquiries and relief for survivors.

In Rajasthan’s Phalodi district, a tempo traveller carrying worshippers collided with a stationary trailer truck near Matoda village on the Bharat Mala Highway on Sunday evening, killing 15 people and injuring two, Jodhpur police said. The passengers were returning to Jodhpur’s Sursagar area after visiting the Kolayat temple in Bikaner. The injured were initially treated at a hospital in Osian and later referred to Jodhpur, Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash said. All bodies were taken to the Osian government hospital mortuary. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma expressed grief and instructed officials to ensure assistance for victims’ families and proper care for the injured. The Prime Minister’s Office announced ex gratia payments for next of kin and those wounded, authorities said.

Early on Monday in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, a tipper lorry carrying gravel collided head on with a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation bus near...