MP: 18 dead, 20 missing as bus falls into canal

February 16, 2021 13:00

At least 18 people, including seven women, died while 20 others remained missing after a bus fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, the police said.

Eighteen bodies have been fished out of the Bansagar canal until now, said Umesh Joga, inspector general (Rewa zone).

"At least 20 other passengers are feared missing, and a search and rescue operation is underway," he told reporters.

Joga said at least seven persons swam to safety after the bus landed in the canal near Patna village, around 80 km away from the Sidhi district headquarter, around 8:30 am.

Sources said at least 50 passengers were travelling in the ill-fated bus at the time of the accident.

he Madhya Pradesh 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 am 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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