Dehradun:
At Least 22 passengers were killed after a bus fell into a gorge near Ramnagar in Uttarakhand’s Almora district on Monday morning.
Sources said that the bus was overloaded and several children were among those killed.
The bus was going from Garhwal to Kumaon when the accident took place at Marchula in Almora, District Magistrate Alok Kumar Pandey said. There were around 40 passengers in the bus when it fell into a 200-metre-deep gorge, Pandey said.
CM Dhami reacts
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took note of the accident and directed the administration to carry out the relief operations swiftly. He also instructed to airlift severely injured passengers.
“The unfortunate news has come in regarding the casualties of passengers in a bus accident that occurred in Marchula, Almora district. The district administration has been directed to swiftly carry out relief and rescue operations. Local administration and SDRF teams are actively working at the accident site to evacuate the injured and transport them to the nearest health center. Instructions have also been given to airlift severely injured passengers if necessary,” Dhami tweeted.
