INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JULY 13The families of those who have gone missing in the accident that led to two passenger buses plunging
into the Trishuli river in Chitwan have demanded that the search be made more effective
They have requested the concerned authorities to mobilize all the forces using the necessary technology and tools to search for their loved
14 injured in Bara passenger bus accident
Two passenger buses including one heading to Gaur from Kathmandu (03-001 Kha
2495) and another going to Kathmandu from Birgunj (03-006 Kha
1516) were swept away by landslides into the Trishuli river on Friday morning at Simaltal, falling under Bharatpur metropolis-29.Vikesh
Kumar Patel of Gaur in Rautahat, who came to Chitwan on Friday after his grandfather was one among those in the ill-fated bus, said that the
family and the village were in a state of mourning following the accident.
Likewise, Ramesh Kumar Patel from Rautahat also
came to Chitwan on Friday looking for his cousin in the bus
He said that he had reserved an ambulance but the hope of finding him alive was fading
Patel said, "If we could only find his body, we would return home
There is no other hope."Meanwhile, chairperson of Parasouni Rural Municipality in Bara, Binod Prasad Jaiswal, complained about the delay in
the search for the missing persons
In the accident scene after finding out that his two neighbors were in the bus, Jaiwal complained that the state, which uses all the
mechanisms in the case of helicopter and aircraft accidents, did not pay much attention to bus accidents.Saying that more than fifty
families are suffering, he requested the concerned authorities to mobilize all mechanisms of the state to find them soon.Chief District
Officer of Chitwan Indradev Yadav said that all the trained groups of Nepal Army, Armed Police and Nepal Police were on duty throughout the
"However, the flow and current of water in the river has not decreased
Hence, we were forced to postponed the search on Friday night, which has resumed this morning", he said.The bus headed to Gaur was carrying
27 passengers while 24 people were aboard the bus going to Kathmandu from Birgunj
Among them, three people have survived miraculously by swimming out of the flooded river.
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