Saragur: In a tragic incident, nearly 20 people, almost all of them women, who were travelling in a goods auto, are feared to have been drowned as the auto is said to have plunged into the Kabini Right Bank Canal after hitting the bridge close to Chikkadevanabetta in H.D. Kote Taluk, here this morning.
Even as the news spread, hundreds of people from the nearby villages gathered near the canal to search for the bodies. Unconfirmed reports said that out of the total passengers, two women have managed to swim to safety.
