As many as 50 students in a college bus had a narrow escape when a portion of a road caved in near Power House Square here on Monday.
The incident trigged panic among the students and led to a traffic jam for some time.
Sources said the bus carrying the students of the Neelachal Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), suddenly became stationary after the road caved in. The panicked students screamed for help after they realised that a tyre of the bus was subsiding.
locals rushed to the site after hearing the students’ shouts for help and rescued them. After coming out of the bus, the students found a deep hole on the road.
The incident in heart of the city triggered resentment among the locals.