INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
DEHRADUN: As many as seven pilgrims from Gujarat were killed and 28 others sustained injuries after a tourist bus plunged into a gorge from
According to sources, a tourist bus carrying 35 people, including a driver and conductor, was on its way back to Uttarkashi from the
Gangotri shrine when the accident occurred.Following the accident, NDRF, police, and SDRF teams, along with local villagers, initiated a
rescue operation.Additionally, the district magistrate (DM) and superintendent of police (SP) hurried to the scene with extra personnel and
medical teams from the district headquarters
After an approximately two-hour operation, 28 injured individuals were successfully rescued and taken to the district hospital
Meanwhile, the remains of seven pilgrims were retrieved and sent for postmortem examination
Devendra Patwal, the district disaster management officer, said that all the pilgrims were originally from Bhavnagar district in Gujarat,
while the driver and conductor were from Dehradun
The identification process is being carried out by the police
"Five individuals with serious injuries have been transferred to a higher medical facility in Dehradun," Patwal added.
