By PTI
PAURI: Heavy casualties had been feared as a bus carrying round 45-50 members of a wedding social gathering fell right into a gorge within the Bironkhal space of Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Tuesday night, the catastrophe management room right here stated.
The bus was on its solution to a village in Bironkhal from Laldhang when it met with the accident close to the Simri bend, it stated.
The accident occurred at round 7.30 pm.
Rescue operations have been launched with the assistance of locals however the efforts of the rescuers are being hampered by darkness, it stated.
There isn’t any association of lights on the web site of the accident and the villagers are struggling to rescue these caught contained in the bus with the assistance of the flashlights on their cellphones, eyewitnesses stated.
Officials have rushed to the location of the accident. Ambulances, lighting and life-saving gear have additionally been rushed to the spot.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the Disaster Management Authority workplace in Dehradun to evaluate the scenario following the bus accident in Pauri.
There was no readability on the variety of casualties on the time of submitting the report.
However, a villager named Rajkishore, who helps within the rescue efforts, stated the casualty determine may very well be very excessive.
PAURI: Heavy casualties had been feared as a bus carrying round 45-50 members of a wedding social gathering fell right into a gorge within the Bironkhal space of Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Tuesday night, the catastrophe management room right here stated.
The bus was on its solution to a village in Bironkhal from Laldhang when it met with the accident close to the Simri bend, it stated.
The accident occurred at round 7.30 pm.
Rescue operations have been launched with the assistance of locals however the efforts of the rescuers are being hampered by darkness, it stated.
There isn’t any association of lights on the web site of the accident and the villagers are struggling to rescue these caught contained in the bus with the assistance of the flashlights on their cellphones, eyewitnesses stated.
Officials have rushed to the location of the accident. Ambulances, lighting and life-saving gear have additionally been rushed to the spot.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the Disaster Management Authority workplace in Dehradun to evaluate the scenario following the bus accident in Pauri.
There was no readability on the variety of casualties on the time of submitting the report.
However, a villager named Rajkishore, who helps within the rescue efforts, stated the casualty determine may very well be very excessive.
