Union Home Minister Amit Shah Condoles Loss of Lives in Uttarkashi Bus Accident

GG News Bureau

Uttarkashi/New Delhi, 6^th June. Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed deep grief at the bus accident in which 25 people died when a bus carrying 28 pilgrims from Panna district in Madhya Pradesh fell into a ravine near Damta in Uttarkashi district.

“It is very sad to hear about the bus of devotees falling into a gorge in Uttarakhand. I have spoken to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ji on this. Local administration and SDRF teams are engaged in rescue work and the injured are being taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. NDRF is also reaching there soon,” tweeted Home Minister Shah.

उत्तराखंड में श्रद्धालुओं की बस के खाई में गिरने की सूचना अत्यंत दुःखद है। इस पर मैंने मुख्यमंत्री @pushkardhami जी से बात की है। स्थानीय प्रशासन व SDRF की टीमें बचाव कार्य में लगी हैं और घायलों को उपचार के लिए नजदीकी अस्पताल ले जाया जा रहा है। NDRF भी शीघ्र वहाँ पहुँच रही है।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 5, 2022

Twenty-five people died and five were injured after a bus carrying 30 people including 28 pilgrims from Panna district in Madhya Pradesh fell into a ravine near Damta in Uttarkashi district, informed the local administration.

Expressing pain over the accident, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami instructed the district administration to carry out relief and rescue work expeditiously.