At least 38 other people were killed and 19 others injured after a bus plunged into a gorge in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The bus, with 55 passengers on board, skidded near Trungal-Assar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway and fell 300 feet downhill, Jammu division commissioner Ramesh Kumar said Wednesday.
Speaking about the accident, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the state leadership would investigate the cause of the accident.
“It’s a very tragic accident. . . It’s vital to make sure this doesn’t happen again in the long run, and for that, I’m sure the local management will look for the culprits. “”The statute of a committee has already been announced. . . how traffic can be controlled in accident-prone terrain is a factor that the government will face in the coming years,” said the Union Minister.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences for the loss of life in the tragic turn of fate of the Doda bus and announced a gratuity allocation of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the families of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh. 50,000 for the wounded.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh also said that a helicopter service was being arranged to transport the injured.
“The injured are being transferred to Kishtwar district hospital and GMC Doda as required. A helicopter service will be arranged to transport the seriously injured. Every conceivable help will be provided, if needed,” Singh said on X (formerly Twitter).
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also approved free assistance of Rs five lakh to the family members of those who lost their lives due to the unfortunate turn of fate of the bus in Assar, DodaArray.
In addition, he also approved an amount of Rs 1 lakh for the injured and relied on all imaginable assistance for the affected families.
In a tweet, he said: “An ex gratia sum of five lakh rupees each would be paid to the relatives of those who lost their lives as a result of the unfortunate turn of fate of the bus in Assar, Doda. lakh would be paid to “The Wounded”. The J-K UT administration will provide every conceivable assistance to the affected families. “
The twist of fate occurred on a remote mountain road in the Doda area, about two hundred kilometers southeast of the city of Srinagar. (ANI)