The automobile fell into the Alaknanda River
New Delhi:
At the least 12 folks had been killed after a tempo traveller carrying 23 passengers fell right into a gorge in Uttarakhand on Saturday, officers stated.
The accident came about on the Rishikesh-Badrinath freeway close to Raitoli within the Rudraprayag district.
The minibus fell into the Alaknanda River and groups of the State Catastrophe Response Pressure and police are at present engaged in rescue operations, officers stated.
Individuals who had been standing on the roadside have sustained accidents within the accident, sources stated.
Calling the incident “very unhappy information”, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami stated that the district Justice of the Peace has been ordered to research the accident.
“I pray to God to grant the souls of the departed a spot in his toes and supply power to the bereaved household to bear this immense ache. I pray to Baba Kedar for the speedy restoration of the injured,” he posted in Hindi on X, previously Twitter.
जनपद रुद्रप्रयाग में टेम्पो ट्रैवलर के दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने का अत्यंत पीड़ादायक समाचार प्राप्त हुआ। स्थानीय प्रशासन व SDRF की टीमें राहत एवं बचाव कार्यों में जुटी हुई है। घायलों को नज़दीकी चिकित्सा केंद्र पर उपचार हेतु भेज दिया गया है। ज़िलाधिकारी को घटना की जाँच के आदेश दे दिए…
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) June 15, 2024
Injured folks are actually being airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh, officers stated.
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