Bengal bus mishap: Death count reaches 43 as another body recovered
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IBNS): The death toll in West Bengal bus tragedy rose to 43 as rescue workers recovered another body from the crash site on Wednesday morning, reports said.
According to reports, a joint team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state Disaster Management Group (DMG) found a middle-aged man's body from the deep canal where the accident took place last Monday.
On Monday at around 6:50 am, a speeding North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) bus (WB 63 A 3214), which was going to Malda from Karimpur in Nadia district, lost its control and plunged into Bhairabi canal from Nalini Baske bridge at Balir Ghat area under Daulatabad Police Station limits in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
Following the incident, locals rescued at least 20 people from the canal.
After being rescued, injured passengers were taken to a local hospital where 5 of them, including a child and two women, were declared dead.
As many as 13 injured passengers are being treated at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in Behrampur.
Later, local police, fire and emergency services officials, state DMG personnel and, rescue workers and trained divers from NDRF responded to the incident and recovered 31 more bodies from the bus on Monday late evening.
NDRF and state DMG recommenced underwater search operation on Tuesday morning and recovered 6 more bodies from the canal.
A senior official of NDRF told IBNS that they will continue underwater search operation on Thursday too as four more persons are still missing.
However, the state government has announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh each to the deceased's families, Rs. 1 lakh to seriously injured and Rs. 50,000 to the injured persons.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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