NDRF and police personnel continue the search operation after a bus falls into the Alaknanda River in Gholthir, in Rudraprayag.
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The body of another victim was retrieved from Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district, 150 km away from the spot where a bus fell into Alaknanda river near Gholtir village here, officials said on Sunday (June 29, 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-seater bus taking pilgrims from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Badrinath fell into the Alaknanda river near Gholtir between Rudraprayag and Gauchar. Five bodies had been found till Saturday, officials here said.
Six pilgrims are still missing. Search and rescue operations are underway, they added.
Eyewitnesses reported that some passengers managed to escape by jumping from the vehicle before it plunged into the gorge.
Two labourers killed, seven missing in Uttarkashi
Meanwhile, two workers were killed while seven went missing early on Sunday after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst hit their campsite at an under-construction hotel along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SDRF and police personnel are jointly carrying out search and rescue operations at the site on a war footing, District Magistrate (DM) Prashant Arya said.
Chardham Yatra, the pilgrimage to four Hindu sites, was suspended for a day in view of heavy rainfall at various places across the State and possibility of landslides, the officials said.
Published – June 30, 2025 07:36 am IST
