Six people, most of them pilgrims returning from the Badrinath shrine in Garhwal, were killed and eight injured on Tuesday as boulders from a landslip hit their bus at Lambagad in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
The body of 20-year-old Raju Kumar, a pilgrim from Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh, was the first to be recovered, while the remaining five bodies were pulled out of the mangled portions of the bus towards the end of the rescue operation, Chamoli Superintendent of Police Yashwant Chauhan said.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway was closed for traffic since Monday night due to rubble on the road at Lambagad. It was opened on Tuesday morning following which the accident took place.
The injured, including three pilgrims from Mumbai, are undergoing treatment, the officer said.
