Prominent trade union leader Ravi Pachori died of Cancer on Tuesday. He was 58 and survived by his wife and three children. He was the general secretary of the Uttarakhand Roadways Employee Union affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and also the convener of the mighty joint federation of all state government employee associations. The trade union leader was detected with Cancer only recently. On Tuesday, he breathed his last at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Later, he was cremated in Haridwar.
A pall of gloom descended on the employees and the trade union leaders and activists after the news of his death spread.Expressing his profound grief over the death of Pachori, the state Congress chief Pritam Singh said that his death was an irreparable loss for the employees and also for the Congress. He said that Pachori had been in the forefront of the struggle for the rights of the employees.