{
  "id": 5383241,
  "title": "65-Year-Old Carried 3 Km On Cot As Flooded River Blocks Ambulance In Bhopal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/65-year-old-carried-3-km-on-cot-as-flooded-river-blocks-ambulance-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/65-year-old-carried-3-km-on-cot-as-flooded-river-blocks-ambulance-in-bhopal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - A 65-year-old man named Jagannath Singh was carried on a cot for about three kilometres through flooded and muddy roads after the Semrawal River overflowed, blocking an ambulance from reaching his village in Satna district on Thursday. A video of the harrowing ordeal has been circulating on social media. Heavy monsoon rains caused the river to burst its banks, inundating roads connecting Sohas and Semra in Raghurajnagar tehsil. When Singh suddenly fell ill on Thursday morning, his family immediately called an ambulance. However, the ambulance had to halt halfway due to the submerged road. With no alternative, Singh's family members and villagers had to carry him on a cot and shoulder him for the lengthy distance to the ambulance. He was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital for medical care. The residents of the area lament that monsoon flooding has rendered their village cut off from the rest of the world, disrupting the delivery of emergency medical services. For years, the villagers have been demanding the construction of a metalled road, but their pleas have gone unanswered. The lack of a proper road forces them to traverse a muddy path during the rainy season. Janani Express, a government vehicle designed to transport pregnant women to the hospital for safe delivery, is also unable to enter the village due to the absence of a concrete road. Despite these repeated appeals, the government has yet to build a metalled road, leaving the villagers at the mercy of the monsoon rains and the dangers they pose.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A 65-year-old man was carried on a cot for nearly three kilometres through flooded and muddy roads after the swelling Semrawal River prevented an ambulance from reaching his village in Satna district on Thursday. A video of the incident has surfaced on social media. Heavy rainfall caused the river to overflow, flooding the roads connecting Sohas and Semra in Raghurajnagar…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}