At least 25 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh's Panna were killed and five others injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Damta in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Sunday evening.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Uttarakhand bus accident is very terrible, unfortunate and painful. Our brothers and sisters of Panna district had gone on a pilgrimage to Char Dham. Their bus collapsed, and the pilgrims have tragically died. The government will leave no stone unturned to help them. Chief Minister Shivraj Sing Chauhan has departed to Dehradoon.
Chouhan, before his departure, spoke to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami. Dhami informed that the entire system has been activated with the team of Collector, SP, SDRF. Everyone is busy evacuating people there. The brothers and sisters who are injured have been admitted to the hospital.
The Chief Minister informed that a team has immediately left for Uttarakhand from Delhi, which will make all arrangements for bringing the bodies, relief, treatment, rescue etc. Taking cognizance of the rescue of the entire incident, Chouhan has directed the officers to keep in touch with the concerned officers of the Uttarakhand government and let them not let any fall in helping the injured. It is our priority that the injured get proper treatment and we will leave no stone unturned in their treatment.
Chouhan said that a relief amount of Rs.5 lakh each would be given to the families of the deceased. Along with the treatment of the seriously injured, an amount of Rs 50,000 will be given to the next of kin of the injured. The Chief Minister said that when such an accident happens, I cannot sleep peacefully in Bhopal and hence I have decided that I myself am leaving for Dehradun at night. Minister Brijendra Singh, DGP, Secretary Home, OSD Shri Yogesh Choudhary are accompanying me. I myself and this team will leave no stone unturned to provide relief. Chouhan has requested the families of the departed pilgrims to be patient. The government is with them.