Bhopal, June 28 -- Three persons died of different reasons after being stuck in a 32-hour-long traffic jam near the Arjun Baroda village on the Indore-Dewas bypass in Madhya Pradesh.
As per information, the almost eight-km long jam was caused by the ongoing six-lane road construction.
Among the deceased were a 65-year-old farmer who suffered a cardiac arrest, a 55-year-old cancer patient whose oxygen cylinder got exhausted, and a 32-year-old security guard who had suffered a heart attack but died in the jam before his family could reach him to a hospital.
The opposition Congress launched a scathing attack on the BJP state government over the grave mismanagement and the tragic loss of three lives.
The Congress demanded a compensation of ...