<p>Three schoolchildren drowned and nine others were missing when a bus plunged into a canal in East Godavari district on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead children have been identified as Bindu Madhavi, Addala Rahul and Addala Srinivas.<br /><br />According to the district police, the bus belonging to Sai Teja Public School of G Peddapudi village in the P Gananvaram mandal of East Godavari district fell into the canal while taking a sharp turn. Around 30 school and college students where in the bus.<br /><br />The villagers were able to save 17 children but they failed to rescue 11 others. So far they have fished out three bodies.<br /><br />The authorities have taken up massive rescue operations and shut down the regulatory locks of the canal on either sides. <br /><br />The P Gannavaram police have registered a case.<br /><br />Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed the district authorities to take immediate rescue operations.</p>
<p>Three schoolchildren drowned and nine others were missing when a bus plunged into a canal in East Godavari district on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead children have been identified as Bindu Madhavi, Addala Rahul and Addala Srinivas.<br /><br />According to the district police, the bus belonging to Sai Teja Public School of G Peddapudi village in the P Gananvaram mandal of East Godavari district fell into the canal while taking a sharp turn. Around 30 school and college students where in the bus.<br /><br />The villagers were able to save 17 children but they failed to rescue 11 others. So far they have fished out three bodies.<br /><br />The authorities have taken up massive rescue operations and shut down the regulatory locks of the canal on either sides. <br /><br />The P Gannavaram police have registered a case.<br /><br />Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed the district authorities to take immediate rescue operations.</p>
