An Indian passenger bus plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal’s Tanahun district on Friday, killing 14 folks and leaving 16 injured. The bus, which was carrying 40 Indians, was heading to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
“The bus, with UP (Uttar Pradesh) registration quantity FT 7623, plunged into the river,” mentioned Tanahun district DSP Deepkumar Raya. The accident passed off at Aaina Pahara in Tanahun district.
Photographs confirmed the highest of the bus torn off and the wreckage dumped close to the Marsyangdi River.
A group of 45 police personnel led by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Madhav Paudel of the Nepal Armed Police Drive Catastrophe Administration Coaching College reached the accident website and is finishing up rescue operations.
The Indian passengers had been staying on the Majheri Resort in Pokhara. The bus left for Kathmandu from Pokhara on Friday morning.
The Uttar Pradesh Aid Commissioner mentioned he was attempting to ascertain contact to search out out if anybody from the state was on the bus, ANI reported.
Nepal’s topography and community of river programs make the landlocked Himalayan nation extremely prone to disasters.
Final month, two buses carrying round 65 passengers plunged into the Trishuli River in Nepal following a landslide. Greater than 50 folks, together with seven Indians, are believed to have died within the accident.
The accident, which occurred amid heavy rain, passed off on the Madan-Ashrit freeway in central Nepal. One of many buses was heading from Kathmandu to Gaur in Rautahat, and the opposite was heading to Kathmandu from Birgunj.
