Many passengers are feared drowned after a bus fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district on February 16 morning, police and eye witnesses said.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kumawat said rescue operation was underway.
Sources said that at least 50 passengers were travelling in the bus at the time of the incident which occurred around 8:30 a.m.
According to eye witnesses, the bus has sank in the canal and not visible now. It is feared that the bus was swept away in the water current.
At least seven persons swam to the banks of the canal while others are missing, they said.
Further details are awaited.
Event to be attended by Amit Shah cancelled
The State government has cancelled the ‘grih pravesh’ or house-warming ceremony to be attended virtually by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in view of the bus accident.
The cancellation of the event, which was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. at Minto Hall in Bhopal, was announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after he reached the venue.
Amit Shah was scheduled to take part via video conferencing in this programme for the beneficiaries of over one lakh houses constructed in Madhya Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
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