At least 14 people were killed as a tempo traveller carrying 26 passengers fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Saturday after which the Uttarakhand government directed an investigation into the accident.
The record-high temperatures and heatwave in Delhi, which have resulted in maximum temperatures rising to around 50 degrees Celsius in some places, have also caused an extraordinary and excessive surge in water demand in the city.
"An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000," the Prime Minister Office stated on X.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his condolences and wished a swift recovery to those injured after a tempo traveller plunged into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, injuring 13 people.
As the national capital is reeling under a water crisis with the rising temperatures and scorching heatwaves, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat slammed the Delhi government, claiming that it is an "absolute failure" of Delhi government distributi
A total of seven people who sustained injuries in the Rudraprayag tempo traveller accident were airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh on Saturday on the orders of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed condolences over the loss of lives in the accident and said that local administration and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are engaged in rescue operation.
Ten people were killed and 13 injured after the tempo traveller in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge on Badrinath Highway in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Saturday