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  • Uttarakhand bus mishap: Amongst 25 MP pilgrims who died, 8 belonged to identical village

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    BHOPAL: The Panna district of Madhya Pradesh misplaced 25 pilgrims within the bus tragedy in Uttarakhand on Sunday night.

    Out of the 25 passengers who died when the bus which they had been at the non secular trek of Char Dham Yatra, plunged right into a 1,000-ft deep gorge, 8 hailed from two households in Buddh Singh Sata village.

    The deceased incorporated Dinesh Dwivedi, spouse Uma Dwivedi, Dinesh’s septuagenarian mom Raj Kuvar, but even so Dinesh’s two cousins Harinarayan Dwivedi, Roop Narayan Dwivedi and a feminine circle of relatives member.

    4 others from Mohendra village too are associated with the circle of relatives of Dinesh Dwivedi, who had led a bunch of 40-50 pilgrims from other villages of Panna district at the Char Dham Yatra on Might 20.

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    “I used to be busy with my chief for native frame polls in Gwalior. I spoke to my spouse’s father Dinesh Dwivedi over telephone simply sooner than they left for the bus adventure to Yamunotri. We by no means concept that it might be his ultimate telephone name. The our bodies have reached Khajuraho from Dehradun by way of particular IAF plane and can quickly be delivered to their villages for the ultimate rites. Because the our bodies would arrive after sundown, the ultimate rites shall be carried out on Tuesday morning. 8 funeral pyres shall be lit in Buddh Singh Sata village,” Dinesh Dwivedi’s son-in-law Sooraj Dwivedi, who’s the non-public assistant of senior Congress chief Mukesh Nayak instructed The New Indian Specific.

    The opposite villages of Panna district, which misplaced their other folks, incorporated Simariya, Pandwan, Kunwarpur Mohendra, Pawai, Koni, Kakarhata, Koni and Chikhla. All 25 deceased had been elderly between 50 and 78 years.

    Leader Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who flew to Dehradun on Sunday past due night time introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh every for the following of family of those that misplaced their lives and Rs 50,000 for the injured in Dehradun.

    Previous, the PM Narendra Modi too, whilst condoling the dying of the Char Dham Yatra pilgrims, had introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every from the PMNRF for the following of family of all those that died, along Rs 50,000 for every of the injured.

    The CM flew to Dehradun on past due night time on Sunday most effective and held assembly with the Uttarakhand government on the State Crisis Control Regulate Room within the wee hours to stay a tab on seek and rescue operations. The native BJP MP from Khajuraho and state BJP president VD Sharma additionally reached Dehradun in conjunction with state minister Brijendra Singh within the morning.

    Chouhan in conjunction with Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the hill from which the one of the vital two buses boarding pilgrims from Panna (MP) to Yamunotri had plunged into the gorge in Uttarkashi district.

    As in line with reviews, the Uttarakhand executive has instituted a magisterial probe into the mishap. Whilst the motive force of the ill-fated bus has survived, the conductor died.