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Madhya Pradesh bus accident: Death toll mounts to 39

As many as 39 bodies have been recovered from the Sidhi bus accident site, where a bus carrying around 54 passengers, fell into a canal, said Ravindra Kumar Choudhary, District Collector, on Tuesday.

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“Death toll in the bus accident rises to 39,” said Choudhary.

“The search operation is underway and now the search in the canal is going to start,” said NDRF.

A team of two ministers will visit the bus incident site after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called a meeting to discuss the incident.

A bus going from Sidhi to Satna, carrying around 57 passengers, fell into a canal in Sidhi after the driver lost control over it.

Seven people have been rescued, and the search operation is underway to rescue the passengers.

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