vijayawada amidst the recent spate of bus mishaps in ap two bus drivers working for two different private travel agencies were caught during a police drive against drunk driving at kanchikacherla area in krishna district cops have admitted that private travel bus drivers rarely undergo breath analyser tests officials formed teams and held rigorous checks under nandigama kanchikacherla and penuganchiprolu police station limits on tuesday midnight and expressed surprise that two consecutive bus drivers were caught with high levels of alcohol in their system three bus drivers belonging to two private travel agenciessri venkata padmavati and venkata kanaka durga travelswere found drunk the drivers were identified as meka bujji 50 and bus attender shaik karimulla 45 who was behind the wheel kanchikacherla subinspector mani kumar said that they have been receiving a lot of complaints recently from passengers that bus drivers are found to be an inebriated condition we did nab few drivers previously as well some travel agencies have recruited inexperienced drivers who have been flouting the rules set by rta mani kumar said overall during the drive two buses and three other vehicles were seized and produced before a local court the incident was later referred to the krishna district deputy transport commissioner e meera prasad who assured that action would be initiated against the private travel operator as well as an immediate measure the rta would cancel the permit of the concerned bus and a meeting has been called to discuss measures in tackling bus mishaps in the statein the last 30 days two major highwaysnational highway 16 and national highway 65witnessed 26 bus mishaps around 13 persons were killed while 58 others are still recovering from injuries the bus mishap in kurnool on may 14 stands as one of the worst bus mishaps this year in the state as 17 people have died till date