Uttarakhand: CM Orders Intensive Automobile Checking Drive After Bhimtal Bus Accident | Mobility Information
Dehradun (Uttarakhand): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has mentioned that intensive checking campaigns will probably be carried out to scrutinise the driving licenses and different related paperwork of automobiles coming from different states, owing to the bus accident in Kumaon’s Bhimtal the place 5 folks misplaced their lives.
The Chief Minister additionally directed Kumaon Commissioner Deepak Rawat to conduct intensive checking campaigns within the hilly areas to stop street accidents. Rawat has been given the accountability to handle the visitors within the Kumaon division.
The bus accident left at the least 21 folks injured and two individuals who sustained severe accidents have been shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh through ambulance helicopter. This got here after CM Dhami instructed officers to airlift the injured to AIIMS Rishikesh if crucial whereas assuring that the federal government was dedicated to aiding the victims.
He was in Haldwani for a one-day program on Thursday and met the injured individuals, admitted within the Dr Sushila Tiwari hospital, who sustained accidents within the bus accident on Wednesday. The Chief Minister instructed the hospital administration to supply higher therapy.
On December 25, CM Dhami instructed a reduction quantity of Rs 10 lakh be supplied to the households of those that misplaced their lives within the accident. Of Rs 10 lakh because the reduction quantity, the Uttarakhand Transport Company will contribute Rs 5 lakh whereas Rs 2 lakh will probably be supplied from the Highway Security Fund and Rs three lakh from CM’s Discretionary Fund.
The Chief Minister additionally ordered Rs three lakh for these significantly injured and between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 for these with minor accidents.
“On the directions of Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami, reduction will probably be supplied to the deceased and injured within the bus accident that occurred in Okhal, Bhimtal. A reduction quantity of Rs 10 lakh will probably be supplied to the households of the deceased, Rs three lakh to the significantly injured, and Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 to the others,” the CMO launch mentioned.
CM Dhami additional thanked the local people for his or her help in serving to the police and State Catastrophe Response Power (SDRF) rescue the victims.
“The native residents coming collectively to help the police and SDRF throughout this troublesome time following the Bhimtal street accident reveals that the folks of our state are at all times able to assist one another. Heartfelt because of all of you! Along with your assist, many individuals have been rescued on time. The dedication and arduous work of the rescue groups and native residents are extremely commendable,” he posted on X.
A bus in Bhimtal, Nainital, fell right into a 100-metre-deep gorge on Wednesday, leading to 4 fatalities and at the least 21 accidents. SP Nainital, Jagdish Chandra, said that the motive force misplaced management of the bus, which subsequently fell into the gorge.
