Cops Rescue 35 After Bus Gets Stuck On Flooded Bridge In Maharashtra

The drain was flooded after seven gates of the Irai dam were opened by a metre to discharge the excess water amid heavy rains in Maharashtra.

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.