Horror On A Joyride: Is It Time For Indian Amusement Parks To Have Stricter Regulations?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

It’s almost a month since the fatal theme park accident in Chennai, but not much has been done to increase the accountability or impose tighter safety norms.

Every once in a while, there are reports of accidents at India’s amusement parks that elicit shock and indignation but are soon forgotten. The most recent one to grab eyeballs was the collapse of a 50-foot-high joyride at the Kishkinta Amusement Park near Chennai on May 11, which caused the death of a 25-year-old man and injured 10 other employees of the theme park.