Bhimtal Bus Accident: No less than 4 individuals had been killed and 21 others had been injured after a bus touring from Pithoragarh to Haldwani met with an accident close to Bohra Kun in Bhimtal, Nainital, on Wednesday. Following the accident, rescue operations by police, locals, and NDRF-SDRF groups started. The injured had been hospitalized in Haldwani.
Talking on the bus accident, SP Nainital, Jagdish Chandra mentioned, “A roadways bus was heading from Pithoragarh to Haldwani. The driving force misplaced management of the bus and it fell right into a deep gorge…The injured have been rescued with the assistance of locals. 21 individuals have been injured and four individuals have died…”
#WATCH | Bhimtal bus accident | SP Nainital, Dr Jagdish Chandra says, “A roadways bus was heading from Pithoragarh to Haldwani. The driving force misplaced management of the bus and it fell right into a deep gorge…The injured have been rescued with the assistance of locals. 21 individuals have been injured… pic.twitter.com/2IQccmBjU6
— ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2024
The bus fell right into a ditch about 100 meters deep within the Bhimtal space, information company ANI reported on Wednesday, citing officers. As per the officers, the bus belongs to Roadways and was going to Haldwani with 20 to 25 individuals onboard.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand | A crew of SDRF crew is finishing up a rescue operation on the Bhimtal bus accident website together with native police and the Fireplace Division pic.twitter.com/cqvFvFjzNy
— ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2024
After receiving info, a aid crew SDRF reached the spot, and the rescue operation started. “At the moment, on 25 December 2024, info was acquired from the District Management Room, Nainital, {that a} roadways bus has crashed close to Bhimtal, on which the rescue groups of SDRF have left for the spot from Submit Nainital and Khairna,” SSP Nainital Prahlad Meena mentioned, as quoted by ANI.
Reacting to the accident, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned that the native administration has been directed to hold out speedy aid and rescue operations. “The information of the bus accident close to Bhimtal may be very unhappy. The native administration has been directed to hold out speedy aid and rescue operations. I pray to Baba Kedar for the protection of all of the travellers,” the CM mentioned.
भीमताल के निकट बस के दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने का समाचार अत्यंत दुःखद है। स्थानीय प्रशासन को त्वरित राहत एवं बचाव कार्य के लिए निर्देशित किया है।
बाबा केदार से सभी यात्रियों के सकुशल होने की कामना करता हूं।
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) December 25, 2024
In one other submit on X, Dhami mentioned, “The information of the dying of four individuals within the unlucky bus accident close to Bhimtal is extraordinarily heart-rending…The severely injured persons are being handled at Sushila Tiwari Authorities Hospital, Haldwani, and a crew of medical doctors from AIIMS Rishikesh has additionally been despatched to Haldwani. I pray to God for the speedy restoration of all of the injured.”
भीमताल के निकट दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण बस दुर्घटना में four लोगों की मृत्यु का समाचार अत्यंत हृदय विदारक है। ईश्वर से प्रार्थना है कि दिवंगतों की आत्मा को श्रीचरणों में स्थान एवं शोक संतप्त परिवारों को इस अपार दुःख को सहने की शक्ति प्रदान करें।
गंभीर रूप से घायल लोगों का सुशीला तिवारी…
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) December 25, 2024
CM Dhami Publicizes Ex Gratia
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday instructed to supply a aid quantity of Rs 10 lakh to the households of the individuals who misplaced their lives within the bus accident close to Nainital’s Bhimtal, a press launch from the CM Workplace mentioned.
Dhami additionally intructed to offer Rs three lakh to the severely injured individuals and Rs 15- 25 thousand to the usually injured individuals. “On the directions of Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami, aid quantity might be offered to the useless and injured within the bus accident that occurred in Okhal of Bhimtal. Aid quantity of Rs 10 lakh might be offered to the households of the useless, Rs three lakh to the severely injured individuals and Rs 15- Rs 25 thousand to the usually injured individuals,” the CMO launch mentioned.
