Commercial Taxes Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav had a miraculous escape when the lift he was using collapsed at St. Theresa's Hospital at Erragadda on Monday.
Talasani had visited the hospital for inspection. When the minister, along with 16 others, took the lift to go the second floor, its wire got cut and it suddenly plunged to the ground floor. Talasani and others sustained minor injuries.
The minister and others were rescued by the security personnel after removing the grills of the lift.