Breaking: Bus falls into canal in Madhya Pradesh with 50 passengers onboard

Many people are feared dead after a bus full ofpassengers fell into a canal in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Tuesdaymorning. According to the sources, there were over 50 passengers onboard thebus and 18 have died while many are feared to have drowned.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has tweeted, "सीधी की दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटना को लेकर मैं लगातार प्रशासन से और राहतकार्य में लगे हुए लोगों से चर्चा कर रहा हूँ। बहुत दुःखद है कि दुर्घटना में 18 लोगों की जान चली गई है। मन बहुत व्यथित है। बचावकार्य लगातार जारी है; कलेक्टर, कमिश्नर, आईजी, एसपी, एसडीआरएफ की टीम लगी हुई है।" (I amregularly in touch with administration and rescuers regarding the unfortunateincident of Sidhi. It is very saddening that 18 people have lost their lives. Iam in distress. Rescue operations are on. Collector, Commissioner, IG, SP, SDRFteams are working."

According to the information received from the Control Room, the bus issubmerged in deep water which could cause a large number of fatalities. "The bus was enroute to Rewa from Sidhi. Suddenly, the driver lost controlover the vehicle and it fell into the Sharda canal under the Rampur policestation area. There is water in the canal and the bus has been submerged in it.Search is on for passengers," the police said.