Maharashtra: Six Killed As Car Falls Into 600-Foot Gorge In Nashik; CM Fadnavis Announces Rs 5 Lakh Ex Gratia

Maharashtra: Six people lost their lives when their car plunged into a 600-foot deep gorge in the Saptashring Garh Ghat area of Nashik's Kalwan taluka on Sunday, according to a police officer. The incident occurred around 4 pm and the victims were from Pimpalgaon Baswant in Niphad taluka. "They died at the scene," the officer added.

The Toyota Innova, which was carrying seven passengers, was severely damaged. The deceased have been identified as Kirti Patel (50), Raseela Patel (50), Vitthal Patel (65), Lata Patel (60), Vachan Patel (60), and Maniben Patel (70).

Superintendent of police Balasaheb Patil is supervising rescue operations," the official said. The operations are underway with the deployment of personnel from the police as well as district disaster management committee, said resident deputy collector and District Disaster Authority CEO Rohitkumar Rajput.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the incident "extremely tragic" and said families of the deceased will be provided financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each from the state government. The government stands with the families of the victims and rescue work is in progress with full administrative support at the spot, the CM added.

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