Jammu and Kashmir: 10 people killed after SUV falls into gorge in Ramban

Ten people were killed after an SUV skidded off the JammuSrinagar National Highway and fell into a gorge in Ramban district on Friday officials saidThe vehicle a Tavera was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar and it fell into a 300 feet gorge at the Battery Cheshma area of the district around 115 am they saidThe bodies of nine passengers and the driver of the sports utility vehicle SUV have been recovered the officials saidThey said the cars driver Balwan Singh 47 of Amb Ghrotha in Jammu and Vipin Mukhiya Bhairagang of West Champaran in Bihar are among the deceasedThe operation to retrieve the bodies was carried out by police and State Disaster Response Force SDRF personnel amid heavy rains in the area the officials saidIn a post on X Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief on the accident and extended his condolences to the bereaved familiesThe Prime Ministers Office PMO said an exgratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund would be given to the next of kin of each of the deceasedPresident Droupadi Murmu mourned the loss of lives in the road accident and conveyed her condolences to the bereaved familiesThe news of people getting killed after a vehicle fell into a gorge in the Ramban area on the JammuSrinagar National Highway is very sad I offer my condolences to the bereaved families Murmu said in a post in Hindi on XUnion Minister and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh in a post on X said My sincere condolences to the bereaved familiesSpoke to Ramban Deputy Commissioner BaseerulHaq after learning about the tragic road accident in which a passenger taxi rolled down a deep gorge on the JammuSrinagar National Highway near Battery Chashma leading to loss of 10 lives Singh saidIn his condolence message Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said I am deeply shocked to learn of the unfortunate road accident in Ramban today in which precious lives have been lost I send my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved familiesDemocratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad conveyed his condolences to the bereaved familiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever