This is the dramatic moment a group of schoolchildren were saved from a bus that became submerged in floodwater in India.

Footage captured on Thursday (August 23) in Dausa, Rajasthan, shows the group of kids on top of the roof of the bus that drove into a waterlogged underpass.

Residents are seen carrying the pupils on their shoulders away from the bus as others dangle umbrellas and rope towards the group.

Heavy rain all week in the province has left many areas waterlogged and flooded.

A school bus carrying over 50 students in Rajasthan’s Dausa got stuck in a waterlogged underpass on Thursday. The children climbed on the roof of the bus when water started entering the vehicle. Locals alerted the police when they found the bus completely immersed in water, and children standing on the roof. The locals along with the police then rescued the children, carrying the little ones in their arms out of the water. Rajasthan has been receiving heavy rainfall since Monday, Dausa District among others have received heavy rainfall with low-lying areas getting badly waterlogged.