Srinagar, July 11 (Newswire): Eight students and five teachers of a private school were injured after the school bus they were travelling in for picnic to Pahalgam turned turtle here.
Reports said the school bus of Green Valley Public High School here overturned on the Foreshore Road, with students of Class 10th on board. They were on way to the famed tourist destination, Pahalgam, in held Kashmir.
"The bus overturned on the Foreshore Road after it failed to negotiate a curve," witnesses said. "Eight students and five teachers suffered injuries in the accident."
Witnesses said, "Four students Huziaf Tariq, Shakir Rasool, Iram Jan and Saima Mushtaq suffered serious injuries."There were 22 passengers on board.
The injured were rushed to SK Institute of Medical Sciences here where there condition is stated to be stable.
"All the injured students are stable. Five of them have been discharged from the hospital," said a medico at SKIMS.
Meanwhile, Director School Education Kashmir Mir Tariq visited the injured and announced financial help for their treatment on behalf of the Education Minister.
He said the government has announced Rs 2000 for those who received minor injuries and Rs 5000 for those with major injuries."Director School Education also spoke to Chief Education Officer Ganderbal on phone and informed him about the instructions issued by Minister for Education to conduct an inquiry into the incident and furnish a report so that necessary measures are taken to avoid such accidents in future," said an official.
Pertinently, nine school children were killed and eight others injured, six among them seriously, when a school bus met with an accident in Kokernag area of Islamabad (Anantnag) in held Kashmir in April this year.
The accident and the resultant deaths of school children sent shock waves across Kashmir even as all the mainstream and separatist leaders expressed grief over the loss of young lives.
Reports said the school bus of Green Valley Public High School here overturned on the Foreshore Road, with students of Class 10th on board. They were on way to the famed tourist destination, Pahalgam, in held Kashmir.
"The bus overturned on the Foreshore Road after it failed to negotiate a curve," witnesses said. "Eight students and five teachers suffered injuries in the accident."
Witnesses said, "Four students Huziaf Tariq, Shakir Rasool, Iram Jan and Saima Mushtaq suffered serious injuries."There were 22 passengers on board.
The injured were rushed to SK Institute of Medical Sciences here where there condition is stated to be stable.
"All the injured students are stable. Five of them have been discharged from the hospital," said a medico at SKIMS.
Meanwhile, Director School Education Kashmir Mir Tariq visited the injured and announced financial help for their treatment on behalf of the Education Minister.
He said the government has announced Rs 2000 for those who received minor injuries and Rs 5000 for those with major injuries."Director School Education also spoke to Chief Education Officer Ganderbal on phone and informed him about the instructions issued by Minister for Education to conduct an inquiry into the incident and furnish a report so that necessary measures are taken to avoid such accidents in future," said an official.
Pertinently, nine school children were killed and eight others injured, six among them seriously, when a school bus met with an accident in Kokernag area of Islamabad (Anantnag) in held Kashmir in April this year.
The accident and the resultant deaths of school children sent shock waves across Kashmir even as all the mainstream and separatist leaders expressed grief over the loss of young lives.
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