INDIA : A government official stated that at least 36 passengers were killed and numerous others were injured when a bus in India fell into a deep Himalayan ravine on Monday.
The bus’s twisted front was squashed nearly flat in photographs released by government rescue teams, which showed it in thick undergrowth.
People are shown in this handout photo, which was taken on November 4 in Uttarakhand, at the scene of an accident where a bus fell into a gorge in the Almora district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. — Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand / AFP The majority of road accidents in the Himalayan region are brought on by careless driving and poor maintenance on the numerous mountain roads.
Deepak Rawat, a senior official from the northern state of Uttarakhand, told reporters, “So far, 36 casualties have been confirmed.”
A helicopter was used to transport three people with critical injuries to the hospital.
Volunteers arranged themselves in a human chain along the steep slopes and across a raging river to assist in the extraction of the injured from the bus’s wreckage.
A truck was used to transport the bodies of the deceased.
“My deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in the unfortunate road accident,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
In a statement, Modi’s office said that the families of those killed would receive 200,000 Indian rupees, or $2,380, and the families of those injured would receive 50,000 Indian rupees, or $595.
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, stated that he had directed an investigation into the accident, which occurred in wooded hills close to the town of Almora.
