A heart-wrenching incident took place in Uttarakhands Uttarkashi district, where a bus carrying pilgrims from Gujarat fell into a gorge on Sunday, killing seven people and 28 were injured.7 killed, 28 injured after bus falls into gorge in UttarakhandThe bus, carrying 35 people onboard, was returning from Gangotri when it met with a tragic accident.Taking notes from the situation, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, currently in Delhi, spoke to top officials about the accident and instructed them to carry out relief and rescue operations at a fast pace.Teams of SDRF, NDRF present at spot: CM DhamiThe chief minister said that State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and medical teams are present at the spot. Also, a helicopter has been kept ready in Dehradun to assist in case of emergency, he added.In the rescue operation, the injured people were rushed to the district hospital immediately while the bodies of the deceased were sent for autopsy.Injured people rushed to hospitalDistrict disaster management officer Devendra Patwal said that all the pilgrims were originally from the Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, while the driver and conductor were from Dehradun. Among the 29 injured, five of them with serious injuries have been transferred to a higher medical facility in Dehradun, the official added.Meanwhile, the hill state has been witnessing incessant rains past few months, triggering landslides and flash floods in many places.
