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A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi issued notice to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the ministry and sought their response within two weeks on the cause of the accident.
It also asked them to survey the area and file a report on the number of dhabas on the highway passing through Phalodi.
The bench also sought a specific report on the condition of the highway and the norms adopted by the road contractor for road maintenance in Phalodi.
The apex court recently took suo motu cognizance of the road accident that took place in Phalodi on November 2, in which 10 women and four children were killed when a tempo traveler collided with a stationary trailer truck.
The accident happened near Matoda village on Bharat Mala Highway when the tempo traveler was going from Kolayat Temple in Bikaner to Jodhpur.