Tragic Road Accident in Chhattisgarh: 18 Lives Lost

President Droupadi Murmu expressed deep grief over the tragic road accident in Chhattisgarh where 18 people, including 17 women, lost their lives. The vehicle, returning from plucking tendu leaves, plunged into a valley. The President extended her condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the injured.

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a road accident in Chhattisgarh and expressed her deepest condolences to the bereaved families.

Eighteen people, including 17 women, were killed and four injured when the mini goods vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a valley in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district on Monday.

The victims were returning in the vehicle meant for transporting goods after plucking tendu leaves from a forest, police said.

''The news of the death of many people in a road accident in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh is extremely sad. I express my deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in this accident and pray for the speedy recovery of those injured,'' the president said in a post in Hindi on X.