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13 killed in Uttarkashi mishap

Staff Correspondent

DEHRA DUN: Thirteen pilgrims from Gujarat were killed and six others seriously injured when the mini bus they were travelling in from Gangotri to Rishikesh rolled down a hill at Sukhitop near Bhatwari in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. The injured have been admitted to the Uttarkashi Government hospital, reports reaching here said.

Expressing anguish at the ever increasing fatal road mishaps in the State, the Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri has ordered the district administration to ensure adequate medical care to the injured and pay ex gratia relief to the next of kin of those killed.

Accident near Agra

Meanwhile, twelve people were killed and 20 injured, some seriously, in a head-on collision between a mini-bus and a truck in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said. Unofficial reports put the death toll at 17.

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