Bus carrying Char Dham pilgrims from Rajasthan falls into Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand; 2 dead, 10 missing

Bus carrying tourists falls into Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand.

At least two people were killed, eight injured and ten others were reported missing after a tempo traveller plunged into the Alaknanda River near the Gholthir village on the Badrinath National Highway between Rudraprayag and Gauchar on Thursday, police said, PTI reported.

Relief and rescue teams have reached the spot. Two bodies have been recovered, one near the accident site and the other from the river near Rudraprayag, Satyendra Singh Bhandari, a member of the Red Cross Society rescue team, told PTI. Seven people, including three women and two children, were injured in the accident while ten others went missing, he said, adding that the injured have been hospitalised.

There were 20 people, including the driver, on board the vehicle when it fell into the river, Bhandari added. The tempo traveller is said to have been going towards the Badrinath Dham when the accident occurred at around 7.30 am, he said, quoting the injured.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami tweets, "The news of a tempo traveller falling into a river in Rudraprayag district is deeply tragic. Relief and rescue operations are being conducted on a war footing by SDRF and other rescue teams. I am in constant contact with the local… https://t.co/0SjcCRkNV0 pic.twitter.com/FsL724qY1T

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As per the report, the pilgrims had come on Uttarakhand's Char Dham Yatra from Udaipur in Rajasthan.