12 migrants injured as busoverturns

Kanpur:Despite preventive steps taken by the state government, there seems to be no let up in the cases of road accidents involving migrant labourers in the region. In yet another incident, 12 migrant labourers including women and children on their way home to Mahoba district in a SRTC bus of Kaushambi depot were injured in a road accident in Hamirpur district.
The accident took place early on Monday morning when the SRTC bus in which the migrants were travelling in turned turtle after the driver lost control near city forest area on the highway under the Kotwali police station limits.They had been travelling back from Noida, and 12 migrants were injured in the incident.
The police reached the spot of the accident, and took all injured to the district hospital. The conditions of few migrants is reported to be critical.
“All the injured persons have been admitted to district hospital. Doctors stated condition of few to be stable. We are monitoring the arrangements at the hospital,” said superintendent of police Shlok Kumar.