NDRF and police personnel continues the search operation after a bus falls in the Alaknanda River in Gholthir in Rudraprayag. | Photocredit: Ani
The body of another victim was picked up from the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, 150 km away from the place where a bus fell in the Alaknanda River near Goltir Dorp, said civil servants on Sunday (29 June 2025).
The death toll in the incident has now increased to six.
The victim was identified as Lalit Kumar Soni (48), a resident of Pratap Chowk Gogunda, Rajasthan.
A 31-seat bus that fell pilgrims from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Badrinath fell in the Alaknanda River near Gholtir between Rudraprayag and Gauchar. Five bodies were found until Saturday, officials said here.
Six pilgrims are still missing. Search and rescue operations are underway, they added.
Eyewitnesses reported that some passengers managed to escape by jumping out of the vehicle before it dived into the gorge.
Two workers killed, seven missing in Uttarkashi
In the meantime, two workers were killed, while seven on Sunday were missing after a landslide was activated by a Cloudburst their campsite hit a hotel with a substructure along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SDRF and police staff jointly perform search and rescue operations on the site on a war foot, said Prashant Arya, District Magistrate (DM).
Chardham YatraThe pilgrimage to four Hindu locations, was suspended for a day with a view to heavy rainfall in different places in the state and the possibility of landslides, the officials said.
Published – June 30, 2025 07:36 AM IS
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