Authorities continue rescue and treatment operations after a major bus accident in Udhampur, with updated casualty figures confirming over 20 deaths and dozens injured in the incident.
In a detailed statement shared with The Statesman and news agency United News of India (UNI), the DTC drivers’ association announced its intentions to move the court against the practice in the larger interest of the people of Delhi.
The accident occurred around 2:45 am near milestone 88 in the Surir police station area.
A two - wheeler and a car were also damaged in the collision, a police spokesman said.
Seven people lost their lives in a bus accident in Almora district in Uttarakhand today.
The injured were taken to a hospital for immediate medical attention. Only 5 people are remaining in the hospital for treatment.
Raigad Superintendant of Police Somnath Gharge said that rescue operations have been completed in the incident which took place around 4 am on the old Mumbai-Pune highway.
The injured people were transferred to the nearby hospital for medical treatment, and the condition of the injured is reported to be serious.
"Prima facie it appears that the truck driver dozed off on the wheels and ended up ramming into the bus,"
According to the police, a tourist bus HR 38 AB 0007 on its way from Haryana to Manali overturned on the Manali-Chandigarh highway.
