With nearly 60 passengers onboard a bus falls into Canalin Madha Pradesh. At least 32 persons drowned when a bus loaded with passengersfell into a canal on Tuesday morning in Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh. At least sevenpersons had been rescued so far.
The bus with around 60 passengers was on way from Siddhi to Satna when it wentout of control and fell into the canal in Rampur police station jurisdictionaround 7.30 am.
State Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat confirmed that 30 bodies hadbeen fished out till now.
After instructions from the Chief Minister, both Silawat and state MinisterRamkhilavan Patel have gone to the spot for supervision of ongoing search andrescue operation.
BJP MLA Shardendu Tiwari said that State Disaster Response Force personnel andgovernment officials were involved in the operation to retrieve the bus fromthe canal and look for survivors, if any.
Tiwari said that the bus fell into Sharada Canal, which is the main canalemerging from Bansagar Dam and is around 30 feet deep.
"The bus is completely submerged. It is heart-breaking. The water supplyfrom Bansagar Dam has been stopped, due to which the water level has come down.It will help in the search operation. Seven persons have been rescued so far.More equipment, including cranes, have been rushed to the spot for rescue andrelief operation."