In what could be termed tragic, a bus carrying 54 passengers fell into a canal as the driver lost control and veered off the road. According to the police, the ill-fated bus was en route to Rewa from Sidhi. The bodies of 30 people have been recovered while twenty people are still missing.
“It is an unfortunate incident. CM has been taking a minute-to-minute detail of the accident since morning. Two of us are going to Sidhi as per his instructions. I spoke to concerned officers, as per their information around 30 bodies have been recovered,” Minister Tulsiram Silawat said, adding that an ex-gratia of Rs 5,00,000 has been announced by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.