NDRF and police personnel proceed the search operation after a bus falls into the Alaknanda River in Gholthir, in Rudraprayag.
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The physique of one other sufferer was retrieved from Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district, 150 km away from the spot the place a bus fell into Alaknanda river close to Gholtir village right here, officers mentioned on Sunday (June 29, 2025).
The demise toll within the incident has now elevated to 6.
The sufferer was recognized as Lalit Kumar Soni (48), a resident of Pratap Chowk Gogunda, Rajasthan.
A 31-seater bus taking pilgrims from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Badrinath fell into the Alaknanda river close to Gholtir between Rudraprayag and Gauchar. 5 our bodies had been discovered until Saturday, officers right here mentioned.
Six pilgrims are nonetheless lacking. Search and rescue operations are underway, they added.
Eyewitnesses reported that some passengers managed to flee by leaping from the automobile earlier than it plunged into the gorge.
Two labourers killed, seven lacking in Uttarkashi
In the meantime, two staff had been killed whereas seven went lacking early on Sunday after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst hit their campsite at an under-construction lodge alongside the Yamunotri Nationwide Freeway in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.
The Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF), SDRF and police personnel are collectively finishing up search and rescue operations on the web site on a warfare footing, District Justice of the Peace (DM) Prashant Arya mentioned.
Chardham Yatra, the pilgrimage to 4 Hindu websites, was suspended for a day in view of heavy rainfall at varied locations throughout the State and chance of landslides, the officers mentioned.
Revealed – June 30, 2025 07:36 am IST
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