The bus was en path to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
Not less than 14 Indians have been killed and 17 individuals injured when a passenger bus plunged right into a river in Nepal right now. The Indian-registered bus, carrying about 40 passengers, plunged into the Marsyangdi River within the Tanahun district, some 110 kilometers from its vacation spot within the capital Kathmandu.
As per an official, the bus was en path to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
“The bus bearing quantity plate UP (Uttar Pradesh) FT 7623 plunged into the river and is mendacity on the financial institution of the river,” a senior police official instructed the information company ANI.
#WATCH | Nepal: An Indian passenger bus with 40 individuals onboard has plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Tanahun district. The bus was en path to Kathmandu from Pokhara. Search and rescue operations underway by the Nepal Military on the incident website.
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Aid and rescue operations are underway.
Final month, a devastating landslide in Nepal’s Chitwan district swept away two buses into the Trishuli River, killing a minimum of 5 Indians.
The landslide occurred on July 12 within the Simaltal space alongside the Narayanghat-Mugling street in Chitwan district when two buses carrying 65 passengers, together with seven Indians, have been swept away following heavy rainfall. Three individuals swam to security quickly after the incident.
The our bodies of 5 Indian nationals have been recovered to this point whereas two are nonetheless lacking.
The search groups have to this point discovered 25 our bodies within the Narayani riverbanks and the Triveni Dam space, roughly 103 kilometers downstream from the incident website. Nevertheless, solely 19 our bodies discovered downstream have been confirmed to be of these lacking within the incident.
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