Two more bodies were recovered from Pandoh Dam and Larji Dam today bringing the total number of bodies fished out in the past three days to 17, of which 16 were identified as the passengers of July 23 Sarsari bus tragedy in Himachal Pradesh.
With the identification of 16 bodies, 39 bodies have so far been recovered, while seven bodies are still missing, police said.
Eight bodies were recovered during de-silting on Saturday, while seven bodies were recovered yesterday.
The sixteen bodies, which have been identified, are of the victims of Sarsari bus accident on Kullu-Manali Road, in which 23 persons were killed and another 23 had gone missing, police said.
Kullu Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar said that the bodies fished out from the dams were identified.
A private bus carrying 69 pilgrims from Mansa, Bhatinda and Talwandi Sabo areas of Punjab had plunged into Parbati River near Sarsari on the Kullu-Manikaran road in Kullu district on July 23 and 23 persons were killed, while another 23 had gone missing.
15 were admitted to hospital and the remaining passengers escaped with minor injuries.
Wednesday 7 October 2015
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