Shah condoles loss of life in Udhampur road accident

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the Udhampur bus accident. In a message posted on X, Shah said the road accident in Udhampur is extremely tragic. ''I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident. The local administration is fully engaged with utmost promptness in relief and rescue operations. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured'' he said. A passenger bus rolled down a hillside in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Monday, leaving 21 people dead and 29 others injured, officials said. The bus crushed an auto-rickshaw before landing upside down on the road below. An Army convoy passing along the hilly stretch led the rescue operation after the driver of the private bus lost control while negotiating a blind curve near the hilltop Kagort village in the Ramnagar area around 10 am. The bus was carrying 50 passengers, mostly those heading to their daily jobs, from Ramnagar to Udhampur. The rescue operation proved extremely challenging as the vehicle had been reduced to a mangled heap of iron, with its top portion almost completely torn off.