Chouhan meets mishap victims’ kin; toll 51 now

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday got emotional after he met several families who lost their near and dear ones in the bus tragedy which has claimed 51 lives.

At several places the affected families vented out anger seeking action against those responsible for the deaths.

The Transport department has initiated week-long checking drive to check anomalies in passenger vehicles in the state after the Sidhi incident and the Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput has asked the Transport Commissioner to probe into the Sidhi incident.

Meanwhile, CM Chouhan cancelled several meetings to visit Rampur Naikin in Sidhi and met affected families. Suresh Gupta who was saved in the accident but lost his daughter in law and grandson pleaded the CM to get the road repaired so that none else faces such fateful tragedy.

Swarnlata Dwivedi and her sister got emotional seeing the Chief Minister at their doorsteps.

In tears, Swarnalata told the CM that her mother wanted her to become nurse and was taking her for the exam but died in the mishap.