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 Two cranes were brought in to pull out the bus from the canal.

The  tragedy occurred near Nayakangudem when the bus, belonging to a private travel company, lost control and fell into Nagarjunasagar canal.

The bus, carrying about 42 passengers, was on its way from Hyderabad to Kakinada via Khammam.

 Three  ambulances were  called in to shift all the injured persons to a government hospital in Khammam.

The survivors reportedly told the police that the bus was running on a very high speed. The driver allegedly applied suddend brake on reaching the bridge and it resulted in the bus overturning and falling into the canal.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his AP counterpart Nara Chandrababu Naidu expressed shock over the accident

The Andhra Pradesh government has  announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each to the kin of the 10 deceased.