Harish Rawat meets Almora bus accident injured at AIIMS Rishikesh

Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], November 5 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday met the people who got injured in the Almora bus accident at AIIMS Rishikesh and said that the doctors have assured him that the situation of the patients is under control.

"Doctors have expressed confidence that everything is under control... Two patients may take some time to recover while the others will recover in 2-4 days... The state government should adopt the injured girl and bear the expenses of her education as her parents are no longer in this world..." said Harish Rawat.
On Monday, as many as 36 people were killed and 27 were injured after a bus fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Almora district.
The seriously injured were airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh and Sushila Tiwari Hospital Haldwani for better treatment.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the Ram Dutt Joshi Government Combined Hospital in Ramnagar to meet the injured and inquired about the health of the injured people. CM Dhami was accompanied by BJP MP Anil Baluni.
Following the incident, CM Dhami ordered a magisterial inquiry and cancelled all his scheduled programmes.
Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar told ANI that Assistant Regional Transport Officers (ARTO) of Pauri and Almora have been suspended following the incident and that rescue and relief operations are continuing and all concerned personnel are engaged in rescue and relief measures.
President Droupdai Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi expressed grief over the loss of lives.
PM Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of each deceased. The injured will be given Rs 50,000, the Prime Minister's office said. (ANI)