Uttarakhand: Forest department vehicle meets with accident, four including two forest rangers killed
Very sad news is coming out from Rishikesh, during the testing of a new interceptor vehicle which came for the rescue of animals in the Chilla range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, this interceptor vehicle went out of control and collided with a tree and fell through the security wall of the District Shakti Canal. Got hit.
Four people, including the range officer and deputy range officer, died in the accident. While five people were injured. Apart from this, Aloki Devi, wildlife warden of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, went missing after falling into the District Shakti Canal. SDRF team is busy searching for him. All the injured have been taken to Rishikesh. Deceased Forest Jurisdiction Shailesh Ghildiyal is the brother of IAS Mangesh Ghildiyal, Deputy Secretary in the PMO.
The incident took place at 5 pm on Monday when forest department officials and employees were coming to the district barrage road in an interceptor vehicle from the Chilla range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve for testing. This vehicle suddenly went out of control after coming to Shakti Canal, a little ahead of Cheela Hydroelectric Power House, where the vehicle first collided with a tree due to which some people traveling in it got scattered and fell into the ditch on the left side.
After hitting the tree, the vehicle hit the parapet built towards the Cheela Shakti Canal, in which wild life protector Ms. Aloki Devi fell into the Cheela Canal. While others were seriously injured.
After receiving the information, police and forest department employees reached the spot and took the injured to AIIMS Rishikesh. Where doctors declared Shailesh Ghildiyal (Range Officer), Pramod Dhyani (Deputy Forest Jurisdiction), Saif Ali Khan, Kulraj Singh dead.
While the injured include Himanshu Gosai (driver), Rakesh Nautiyal Rajaji National Park, Ankush, Amit Semwal (driver), Ashwin Biju (driver).
At the same time, no trace has been found of wild life protector Alokhi. Police and SDRF team is busy searching for the missing in District Shakti Canal. According to the Forest Department, the deceased Kulraj Singh and Ankush are employees of a vehicle manufacturing company. Both of them were conducting trial of the vehicle with them.
Chief Minister expressed grief
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed deep grief over the sudden death of Forest Department employees in a vehicle accident in the Chilla range of Rishikesh. He prayed to God to grant peace to the souls of the personnel killed in the vehicle accident and to grant patience to the bereaved families. He also wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.
