V-P, PM, CMs greet KCR on 67th birthday
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Wed, Feb 17 2021 13:48 IST |
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, Feb 17 : Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various states greeted Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on his 67th birthday on Wednesday.
Venkaiah Naidu and Narendra Modi spoke to Rao over phone to convey their greetings.
Modi also greeted Rao on Twitter. Greetings to Telangana CM KCR Garu on his birthday. Praying for his long and healthy life, he tweeted.
According to Chief Minister s Office (CMO), union home minister Amit Shah, DMK leader M. K. Stalin, Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang also called up Rao to convey their best wishes.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also left from Bhopal to visit the accident spot in Sidhi. On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people, including 20 women and two children, were recovered after the packed private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a water-filled canal in Sidhi. The rescue operations, which were halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning. Four more bodies, including of a woman and six-month- old girl, were recovered on Wednesday, taking the toll to 51, Sidhi Collector Ravindra Kumar Choudhary said. Three bodies were swept away and found in a part of the canal in adjoining Rewa district, while one was found about six km from the accident spot, said Ashok Pandey, in- charge of Rampur Naikin police station, under whose jurisdiction the accident spot is located.
"The driver of the bus was arrested by the Satna police. He was brought to Sidhi after the arrest," said DharamVir Singh Yadav, Superintendent of Police, Satna.
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