"Extremely sad": PM Modi, President condole loss of lives in Durg bus accident

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief and condoled the loss of lives in an accident involving a bus which overturned and fell into a ditch in the Durg district on TuesdayThe bus which was ferrying employees of a firm overturned and rolled over into a ditch leaving 12 passengers dead and 14 injuredTaking to his official X handle PM Modi posted The bus accident in Durg Chhattisgarh is extremely sad My condolences to those who lost their loved ones in this Along with this I wish for the speedy recovery of the injured Under the supervision of the state government the local administration is engaged in helping the victims in every possible wayPresident Droupadi Murmu also took to X to mourn the victims posting The news of many people getting killed in a bus accident in Durg district of Chhattisgarh is very sad My deepest condolences to all the bereaved families I wish for the speedy recovery of the injuredSharing details of the incident that took place at 830 pm on Tuesday Durg Collector Richa Prakash Choudhary said 12 passengers were killed on the spot while another 14 grievously hurt after the bus packed with workers fell into a ditch in DurgThe bus carrying labourers of the Kedia Distillery fell into a ditch near Kumhari around 830 pm resulting in the deaths of approximately 12 individuals while 14 others were injured and admitted to a hospital Choudhary saidTwelve of the injured were referred and shifted to AIIMS Raipur while the remaining two are receiving treatment at a private hospital All of them are currently in stable condition and we are providing them with the best possible care the collector addedMeanwhile Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Vijay Sharma visited the injured at AIIMS Raipur in the wake of the accidentAfter meeting the injured Deputy CM Sharma said It was an unfortunate incident The workers were on their way to Kedia Distillery on a bus when the accident took place There are ditches 20feet deep on both sides of the road They had been taking the same route for about 20 years but it so happened that the bus today lost control overturned and fell into a ditchOne of the injured passengers informed that the headlights of the bus werent switched on which may have also contributed to the accident he addedEarlier expressing grief over the incident Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai took to his official X handle to post I was saddened by the news of a bus packed with employees of a private firm meeting with an accident near Kumhari in DurgI also received news that 11 of the employees sadly perished in the accident the tweet addedI pray to the Almighty to bring peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families Adequate arrangements have been made for the treatment of the injured employees I wish them a speedy recoveryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever