Punjab Newsline, New Delhi, August 23-
A bus from India's Uttar Pradesh with 40 passengers onboard has plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Tanahun district. A Nepal Police officer was quoted as saying. “The bus bearing number plate UP FT 7623 plunged into the river and is lying on the bank of the river,” As per the official, the bus was en route to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
According to news , at least 14 Indians have been killed in the accident. "So far, 14 bodies have been retrieved from the site of the bus accident," Kumar Neupane, spokesperson for the Armed Police Force, said. Local police personnel told that all the 40 passengers were tourists from India. The accident occurred in Aina Pahra of the Anvukhaireni area around 11 AM.
Relief Commissioner's office in Lucknow, UP, said: "We are establishing contact to find out if anyone from the state was on the bus." Armed Police Force, Nepal, spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said that the 14 bodies have been recovered from the spot. He also said that 16 injured people were rescued and sent to a local hospital for treatment. "As many as 45 rescue personnel, including 10 divers, are looking for survivors under the command of SSP Madhab Paudel.
Last month, two buses carrying 65 people were hit by a landslide and fell into a river in the Chitwan district of Nepal. There was no survivor.