Cops Rescue 35 After Bus Gets Stuck On Flooded Bridge In Maharashtra
Chandrapur:
At least 35 passengers had a narrow escape on Wednesday when the bus ferrying them got stranded in the middle of a swollen nullah in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district before they were rescued by police personnel.
The incident occurred in the morning when the bus coming from Madhya Pradesh headed towards Hyderabad got stuck on a bridge submerged by flooded Chincholi nullah in Rajura tehsil, 28 km from the Chandrapur district headquarters, a police official said.
The nullah was flooded after seven gates of the Irai dam were opened by a metre to discharge the excess water amid heavy rains.
The official said a few roads in the tehsil were closed as the water was flowing on various bridges.
He said police personnel deployed at the Chincholi nullah had warned the driver of the bus to not proceed, but he didn't pay attended and drove onto the flooded bridge.
14 Killed, 31,000 Evacuated So Far Amid Heavy Rain In Gujarat, Saurashtra
Ahmedabad:
Parts of south Gujarat and Kutch-Saurashtra regions received very heavy showers in last 24 hours leaving 14 people dead, while over 31,000 were evacuated so far this rainy season, officials said on Wednesday.
Three national highways in Kutch, Navsari and Dang districts were blocked due to damage caused by rains. Fifty one state highways and over 400 panchayat roads have also been damaged, state Disaster Management Minister Rajendra Trivedi told reporters.
"Fourteen people lost their lives in the last 24 hours. Nine of the deaths were due to drowning," he said.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has directed the administration to carry out a survey of the affected districts at the earliest so that people do not have to wait for long for cash and other reliefs to compensate for damages caused due to the rainfall, he said.
Sources and Credit; ndtv.com
