Political leaders took to Twitter to express their shock over the incident:The accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar is heart-wrenching. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 1, 2019Extremely saddened to learn about the loss of lives due to a road accident in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir. — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 1, 2019Terrible news coming in about the high death toll in a bus accident in Kishtwar. https://t.co/Tm6HLQjpgO — Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) July 1, 2019Deeply saddened to learn about loss of lives in a road accident in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. — VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) July 1, 2019Deeply saddened by the loss of precious lives as a bus fell into a deep gorge in #Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.

Source: The Telegraph July 01, 2019 07:52 UTC