In a tragic accident, a bus carrying 50 passengers plunged into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Almora district, claiming the lives of 36 people, including 10 women. A Ramnagar resident named Mohammad Aamir sparked outrage by posting insensitive comments on social media regarding the incident.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the Almora bus accident in Uttarakhand. In the tragic incident, 36 people were killed and 27 injured.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday afternnoon visited the Ram Dutt Joshi Government Combined Hospital in Ramnagar to meet the people who were injured in a bus accident in Almora district.
Authorites in Uttarakhand have suspened Assistant Regional Transport Officer of Pauri and Almora as the death toll in the Almora bus accident passed 35.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the bus accident in Uttarakhand's Almora that claimed at least lives of 23 people and injured several others.
Reacting to the bus accident in Uttarakhand's Almora in which at least 23 people have died and many other injured, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday assured all help to the injured and families of the deceased.
Twenty-three people died and another 45 were injured after a bus fell into a gorge near Marchula in Uttarakhand's Almora district on Monday morning, said the police.
Many people including children are feared dead or injured after a bus fell into a gorge near Kupi in Ramnagar at Pauri-Almora border of Uttarakhand on Monday morning.