21 Shiv Khori pilgrim die in accident near Akhnoor

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JAMMU, MAY 30: Twenty-one pilgrims were killed and nearly 54 others injured when a bus with Uttar Pradesh registration number rolled down into a gorge on the NH 144A in Kali Dhar area of Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday.

The ill-fated bus No. UP81CT 4058 was on way to Shiv Khori shrine in Reasi district from Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

The other passing by motorists and bus passengers launched rescue operation until police and health department teams reached the spot and rushed the injured to the hospital.

The UT’s Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the loss of lives in road accident, saying “the bus accident in Akhnoor, Jammu is heart-rending. I condole the loss of lives and pray to the almighty to give the bereaved families the strength to bear the irreparable loss. Praying for the speedy recovery of the injured,’’ he wrote on X.

The administration is providing all possible assistance to the bereaved families and is also extending medical facilities to those who have been injured, he added.

Only one of the deceased has been identified so far as Dharampati, 42, wife of Radhay Sham of Aligarh in UP. The other deceased include eight females, two children and ten male, all unidentified, police said.

Those admitted in the Government Medical College Hospital at Jammu are:

1. Krishna age 13 yrs S/O Jai Veer R/O Aligarh, UP

2. Jai veer age 50 yrs S/O Gure Singh R/O Aligarh, UP

3. Amravati age 45 yrs W/O Unknown R/O Aligarh, UP

4. Satyaveer Singh age 45 yrs S/O Jhangi Singh R/O UP

5. Goutam Singh age 55 yrs S/O Sundar Singh R/O UP

6. Sunita age 35 yrs W/O Bobby R/O UP

7. Radha age 60 yrs W/O Sardar R/O UP

8. Anju age 18 yrs D/O Saspal R/O UP

9. Subash Chander age 34 yrs S/O Lal Singh R/O Mathura, UP

10. Anju age 34 yrs W/O Jai Veer R/O Bharatpur, Rajasthan

11. Shanti age 65 yrs W/O Mahinder R/O Aligarh, UP

12. Kajal age 16 yrs D/O Satyender R/O Naya, UP

13. Sanjay Kumar age 40 yrs S/O Suresh Singh R/O Aligarh, UP

14. Prashant Choudhary age 21 yrs S/O Neeraj Kumar R/O Mathura, UP

15. Urvesh age 40 yrs W/O Satya R/O UP

16. Unknown female age about 30 yrs

17. Unknown male age 60 yrs

18. Puniya age 70 yrs W/O unknown R/O UP

19. Yash age 08 yrs S/O & R/O not known

20. Yogveer age 30 yrs S/O not known R/O UP

21. Rakesh age 25 yrs S/O Rajinder Singh R/O U.P

22. Geeta age 30 yrs W/O Jai veer R/O Aligarh

23. Yash age 11 yrs S/O & R/O not known

24. Jatin age 17 yrs S/O Shamsher R/O Narella Haryana

25. Geeta age 35 yrs W/O Chander Mohan R/O U.P

26. Raghuveer age 70 yrs S/O Hardam Singh R/O Mathura, UP

27. Sangeeta age 27 yrs W/O Arvinder R/O UP

28. Sanjay age 38 yrs S/O Gure Singh R/O Aligarh UP

29. Munni Devi age 57 yrs W/O Umar Pal R/O UP

30. Sharda Devi age 65 yrs W/O Shamvir Singh R/O Aligarh UP

31. Mannu age 06 yrs S/O Arvinder R/O UP

32. Jatin age 12 yrs S/O Ajeet R/O UP

33. Munni age 50 yrs W/O Amar Singh R/O Rajasthan

34. Rinku age 25 yrs S/O Mahinder Pal R/O Aligarh, UP

35. Devo age 58 yrs W/O Sultan Singh R/O Aligarh, UP

36. Radha age 28 yrs W/O Pawan R/O Aligarh, UP

37. Neelma age 32 yrs W/O Har veer R/O Bharatpur, Rajasthan

38. Gopal age 18 yrs S/O Bhagwan Singh R/O UP

39. Yashoda age 48 yrs W/O Dharamvir R/O Bharatpur, Rajasthan

40. Bhagwan Singh age 48 yrs S/O Rajinder Singh R/O UP

41. Rajinder Singh age 52 yrs S/O Shiv Ram Singh R/O UP

42. Ranveer Singh age 70 yrs S/O Babu Lal R/O Mathura UP

43. Arjun age 18 yrs S/O Radhey Shyam Singh R/O UP

44. Rajwanti age 50 yrs W/O Satvir Singh R/O UP

45. Anita age 48 yrs W/O Shivender Singh R/O UP

46. Urmila age 45 yrs W/O Sham Vir Singh R/O UP

47. Rakesh age 47 yrs S/O Than Singh R/O UP

48. Pranav age 10 yrs S/O Bhupinder Singh R/O UP

49. Neelam age 30 yrs W/O Bhupinder Singh R/O UP

50. Munni Devi age 50 yrs W/O unknown R/O unknown

51. Geeta age 35 yrs W/O Shashi Pal R/O UP

52. Shashi Pal age 38 yrs S/O Rajinder Singh R/O UP

53. Suman age 25 yrs W/O Pritam R/O UP

54. Gourav age 09 yrs S/O Pritam R/O UP