Photo: PTIShimla/Nurpur:Twenty seven children were among 30 killed when a school bus ferrying them back home plunged into a deep gorge near village Gurchal on the Nurpur-Chamba highway, about 100 km from the district headquarters at Dharamsala. Thirty persons, including 27 children, have lost their life, Himachal Pradesh transport minister Govind Singh Thakur said. School bus driver, 67-year-old Madan Lal, and two women teachers also died in the accident, Kangra SP Santosh Patial said. Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur announced an immediate relief of Rs5 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased. Governor Acharya Devvrat ,Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union minister J.P.Nadda, transport minister Thakur, were among those who expressed deep shock over the tragedy.

Source: Mint April 09, 2018 15:33 UTC