The bus was carrying passengers from Bokakhat and was headed towards Nagaon.
Bokakhat is best known as the gateway to Kaziranga National Park, famous for its one-horned rhinoceroses.
Nagaon is an important agricultural and commercial centre in central Assam, about 120km (74.5 miles) west of Bokakhat by road.
Lurinjyoti Gogoi, chief of a regional opposition party, said road safety has long been a major concern in the state.
“The government must take it up seriously,” he said.
Road accidents are responsible for thousands of deaths in India every year.
In 2023, 172,000 people lost their lives on Indian roads, or 474 a day – roughly one every three minutes.
The count increased to 183,382 deaths in 2025.
Experts say the crisis is rooted not just in infrastructure but in human behaviour, enforcement gaps and systemic neglect.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
