Watch: 30 Schoolchildren Rescued From Bus In Flooded Telangana Underpass

Mahbubnagar received heavy rain overnight and water had been let into this area to avoid flooding elsewhere.

A ride to the school turned into a nightmare for around 30 children on Friday when their bus found itself in almost five feet of water in Telangana's Mahbubnagar.

The children were rescued by passers-by when the vehicle belonging to a private school waded into a flooded railway underpass.

A senior police officer told NDTV the driver had underestimated the depth of the water and thought the bus could pass through.

"In a very short time all the children were rescued, and the water has also been now drained out. All of them are safe," he said.