Expressing deep sorrow and anguish at the Tehri accident in which nine school children lost their lives while many others were injured on Tuesday morning; the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh has said that a high level inquiry should be conducted in the incident. He said that the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat should announce appropriate compensation to the families of the accident victims. Singh also demanded that the best possible treatment should be given to the injured children. Terming road accidents as scourge for the mountainous roads and people, the PCC President said that efforts should be made to prevent such heart rending accidents in the state. He said that everyone understands the pain and sorrow of the parents who have lost their children in the accident. Singh added that the all the Congressmen are firmly behind the families of accident victims.