2 pilgrims from Gujarat dead, 22 injured in bus accident in Kashmir

Gandhinagar: A bus of Jammu & Kashmir government carrying 25 pilgrims from South Gujarat faced accident in Jammu & Kashmir. According to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, 2 female pilgrims are dead in this incident and 22 are injured. They are taken to a hospital in J&K. The accident happened near Amritsar-Pathankot. The pilgrims were returning from Vaishnodevi. They were from Bardoli area of Surat district in South Gujarat.

Chief Minister Rupani said he had directed Chief Secretary and Relief Commissioner of Gujarat to make contact with administration in J&K and make arrangement for speedy and best treatment to those injured and shifting of mortal remains to Gujarat.

Rupani brief media persons regarding this at Sarangpur where he attended mass-wedding of 108 couples organised by Swaminarayan sanstha.

Gujarat CM briefs media about a bus accident in North India in which two pilgims from South Gujarat are dead and several injured pic.twitter.com/62kpor5uXE

— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) January 27, 2019

Unfortunate road accident near #Kathua, of a bus carrying tourists from #Surat, #Gujarat. Visited the injured in the Govt. Medical College Hospital #Jammu and offered assistance for immediate shifting of the seriously injured to outside the State. pic.twitter.com/K9yWZcFsEH

— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) January 27, 2019

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