Today Reportedly 7 people have died and 27 others were injuried, after a bus carrying passengers fell into a 50 meter deep gorge in Uttarakhand. Seven Gujarati people have died in the accident.
Rescue operation by SDRF team and others is going on. Wounded people have been shifted to Rushikesh hospital for treatment.
Gujarat Government is in constant touch with Relief Commissioner of the Uttarakhand Government for details and information about tourists who died and got injured in the accident caused by the tourist bus falling into gorge in Uttarakhand. State Relief Commissioner Alok Pandey, while giving details about this, said that as per primary According to information, seven Gujarati tourists have died and as many as 27 tourists have been injured. SDRF rescue teams have joined the rescue operations and arrangements are being made to take injured tourists to Rishikesh for further treatment. He said that the Gujarat government is in touch with Uttarakhand government to get the details of the tourists who died. According to preliminary information received from Uttarakhand Relief Commissioner this tragedy occurred when 33 tourists had gone to Uttarakhand by a private luxury bus from Bhavnagar. Accident happened when they were traveling further by a private tourist bus.
Relief Commissioner Alok Pandey has said that for information and details of Gujarati tourists in Uttarakhand accident State Emergency Operation Center located in Gandhinagar can be contacted on the phone 079 23251900.
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel has expressed grief over the deadly accident through a post on tweeter.
