Indian Railways has made special arrangement for transporting the bodies of pilgrims who lost their lives in the Uttarkashi accident. Twenty four persons had died when a passenger bus ferrying passengers from Gangotri fell into Bhagirathi River on Tuesday evening. The pilgrims belonged to Indore district of Madhya Pradesh.
The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northern Railways Neeraj Sharma said that a special bogey for transporting the mortal remains of the pilgrims has been arranged. This bogey would be attached with Nanda Devi Express on Wednesday night. The arrival time of Nanda Devi express in New Delhi is 5.20 am. The CPRO informed that the special bogey will then be attached to Amritsar Indore express which leaves Hazarat Nizamuddin station at 10.05 am and reach Indore at 2.30 am on Friday.
He said that in case of any delay last minute changes will be made and alternate arrangement would be made to ferry the bodies of the pilgrims to Indore.