Lying down at the trauma care unit of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital in Vashi, 20-year-old Mamta Maurya wishes she had never taken the State Transport (ST) bus on the fateful day of January 2, when the bus fell into the gorge at Malshej Ghat. She recounts how she had almost decided to return home from the bus station in Thane. The bus had been late that day, and her father insisted that she return home. However, she decided to wait, a decision that unfortunately landed her in the hospital.

Lying in her hospital bed, Mamta Maurya is worried that she will not be able to manager her studies