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Narendra Modi mourns loss of lives in Kashmir road mishap

| | Jul 16, 2017, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi, July 16 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mourned the loss of lives in the road mishap in Jammu and Kashmir which killed at least 11 Amarnath pilgrims.

"Extremely pained by the loss of lives of Amarnath Yatris due to a bus accident in J&K. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased," Modi tweeted.

He said: "I pray that those injured in the bus accident in J&K recover soon."

At least eleven Amarnath  pilgrims were killed while 35 others were injured after a bus plunged into a deep gorge on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Banihal on Sunday.

Bus, bearing registration number JK02Y 0594, was heading towards Srinagar when it rolled down into a gorge near an army camp in Nachilana area of Banihal in Ramban district.

Eleven pilgrims were killed in the mishap, an official said.

The injured people were shifted to hospital for treatment.
 

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