Char Dham Yatra: Uttarakhand officials have said that at least 22 people have died and 6 people have been injured after a bus carrying passengers to Yamunotri fell into a gorge near Damta in Uttarkashi district.
The bus was carrying 28 pilgrims Char Dham Yatra from Panna district in Madhya Pradesh to Yamunotri. Senior officials, including Uttarkashi District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela, have rushed to the spot. The six injured have been sent to hospital to receive treatment.
“Police and SDRF on the spot,” said Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar. Yamunotri along with the shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri are commonly known as Char Dham.
According to the Uttarakhand chief minister’s office, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Disaster Control Room in Dehradun pertaining to a bus accident in Uttarkashi dist. He directed the district administration to carry out relief and rescue work expeditiously along with proper treatment of the injured.
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The Prime Minister of India’s office on Sunday announced an Ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs each for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured after a bus carrying 28 pilgrims to Yamunotri fell down a gorge in Uttarkashi.
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