At least 25 people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus carrying 45-50 members of a marriage party fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district, said police
Uttarakhand:At least 25 people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus carrying 45-50 members of a marriage party fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district, police said on Wednesday.
The bus was on its way to Kanda village in Bironkhal from Laldhang town in Haridwar when it fell into a 500-metre gorge near Simri bend at around 7 pm on Tuesday, they said.
Rescue operations were carried out throughout the night, police said, adding four bodies have been retrieved so far.
Twenty people injured in the accident were pulled out of the mangled remains of the bus and rushed to hospitals in Bironkhal, Rikhnikhal and Kotdwar, police said.
One of the injured died on the way to the hospital, they said.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank arrived for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation.
By Joseph Maliakan The Supreme Court on 29 December 2025 in an unprecedented but welcome…
With the overall GDP valued at USD 4. 18 trillion, India has surpassed Japan to…
By Joseph Maliakan The new Bill introduced by the Union government , Viksit Bharat -…
By Joseph Maliakan Betrand Russel, plilosopher and logician was arrested in 1961 at the ripe…
Joseph Maliakan The Supreme Court of India on Thursday 27 November 2025 suggested the Union…
Joseph Maliakan Seven months of January to July 2025 , witnessed an unprecedented 334 incidents…
This website uses cookies.