In Himachal Pradesh bus accident, rescue teams have so far retrieved 30 bodies from the bus submerged in Beas River in Jhiri village of Mandi district along Chandigarh-Manali highway. The ill-fated private carrying passengers had plunged into river at around 4 pm on Wednesday.
Rescue operation has been launched with the help of river rafts as bus is buried deep in river water. All the bodies are being taken to Regional Hospital Kullu for postmortem. Around 14-15 injured are already hospitalized.
According to sources, ill-fated private bus left for Ani from Kullu and when it reached at Jhiri it fell into Beas river. Many are feared to be drowned in the gushing river which is overflowing these days due to melting of snow in the mountains.
It is feared that many of the bodies have been washed away in the river. After coming to know about the accident police and district administration has launched massive relief and rescue operation at the accident spot.
Wednesday 8 May 2013
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