Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a bus accident on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district.
Himachal Road Transport Corporation shared the information and said that the passengers were injured after a bus from the Sundernagar unit which was on its way to Shimla met with an accident.
The bus was coming from Nasimabad and was heading to Haridwar.
There were 57 passengers on the bus. However, no casualties were reported, according to the police.
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