2022 Uttarakhand bus accident

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2022 Uttarakhand bus accident
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Date6 June 2022
8.30 pm IST
Location Dhumakot, Uttarakhand
CountryIndia
OperatorPrivate bus
Incident typefell into a gorge
Statistics
Passengers55
Deaths32
Injured23

On 6 June 2022, a bus carrying 55 passengers as a part of a marriage ceremony fell into the 500-meter-deep gorge at night near Simdi village in Dhumakot area Uttarakhand. [1] [2] 32 people were killed and the rest were heavily injured in the accident. [3] The bus was going from Laldhang in Haridwar district to Birkhal block of Pauri district. [4]

Response

Officials from Dhumkot police station came to the spot soon after the incident was reported. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the State Disaster Management Center soon after he was informed about the accident. SDRF and NDRF teams carried out rescue operations and the injured people were shifted to the hospital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed their condolences after the incident. [5] Dhami announced financial assistance of Rs 200,000 each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

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References

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