At the very least 36 Amarnath pilgrims, hailing from completely different states, suffered minor accidents when 5 buses slammed into one another in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Saturday, officers mentioned.
The buses have been a part of a convoy headed for the Pahalgam base camp of the pilgrimage in south Kashmir from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar. All of the injured individuals rejoined the yatra after receiving therapy on the Ramban district hospital.
The accident occurred close to Chanderkote, alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway, at round 8 am because of the failure of the brakes of one of many buses within the convoy, the officers mentioned.
“There was a minor accident at Chanderkote when a Pahalgam-bound automobile collided with different stationary automobiles resulting from brake failure,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha mentioned in an announcement. He mentioned 36 pilgrims obtained minor accidents within the incident. They have been discharged after preliminary therapy and resumed the journey in the direction of the three,880-metre cave shrine within the south Kashmir Himalayas, the assertion mentioned.
“By the blessings of Lord Shiva, all of the devotees are protected,” the LG mentioned.
“Our precedence is the security of all pilgrims. Directed the officers involved to implement complete security measures for automobiles of pilgrims enterprise Amarnath Yatra and guarantee security checks in any respect key areas and uninterrupted availability of meals and medicines at Yatra route,” he added.
Earlier, the LG spoke to Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar and Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alyas Khan and requested them to offer all vital help to the injured pilgrims.
Sinha had requested senior officers to stay on alert and guarantee all vital preparations for a hassle-free journey of the pilgrims, a spokesperson of the Raj Bhavan mentioned.
The LG applauded the swift response of the district administration and well being officers.
Earlier, the Ramban deputy commissioner mentioned the final automobile of the Pahalgam convoy misplaced management and hit stranded automobiles on the Chanderkote Langer web site, damaging 4 automobiles and inflicting minor accidents to 36 pilgrims.
He mentioned the federal government officers already current on the web site rushed the injured to the district hospital.
A number of senior cops visited the hospital to watch the therapy of the injured and directed the chief medical officer to make sure the very best care.
“The yatris have been later shifted to different automobiles for his or her onward journey,” the deputy commissioner mentioned.
Union minister Jitendra Singh mentioned he spoke to the Ramban deputy commissioner after studying in regards to the highway accident.
“…. There is no such thing as a cause for concern. All preparations for the pilgrims are in place and are being continuously supervised by the administration,” Singh mentioned in a put up on X.
Ramban Medical Superintendent Sudarshan Singh Katoch mentioned 10 of the injured pilgrims have been discharged after being administered first help and the remaining after the conduct of vital assessments.
“The district administration organized particular automobiles for his or her onward journey to Pahalgam after they expressed their want to proceed the pilgrimage,” he mentioned.
The convoy left for its vacation spot early within the morning after the broken buses have been changed, the officers mentioned.
The fourth batch of 6,979 pilgrims — 5,196 males, 1,427 girls, 24 kids, 331 sadhus and sadhvis, and one transgender — left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in two separate convoys between 3:30 am and 4:05 am.
Whereas 4,226 pilgrims left in 161 automobiles for the Nunwan base camp for the 48-kilometre conventional Pahalgam route, 2,753 pilgrims have been headed for the shorter however steeper 14-kilometre Baltal route in 151 automobiles.
In the meantime, a Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) spokesperson mentioned the injured pilgrims hailed from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Together with the Ramban district administration, the cell medical group of the 84 Battalion of the CRPF rushed to the spot, offered speedy medical consideration and helped within the evacuation of the injured pilgrims, he mentioned.
