CHITWAN, July 18: The bodies of 19 passengers of two buses that went missing in Trishuli River due to a landslide on the Narayanghat-Mugling road under Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29 in Chitwan last Friday have been recovered so far. 

According to the Armed Police Force Nepal, 14 bodies have been identified so far while the remaining five are yet to be identified. 

Armed Police Force (APF) Joint Spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said 19 bodies have been recovered till Wednesday while the search for the rest of the passengers is underway. Rishipal Sah of India, Bikash Pariyar of Chitwan, Ramit Kushar Majhi of Sarlahi, Jai Prakash Thakur of India, Sajad Ansari of India, Sudip BK of Bharatpur Chitwan, Parmanand Pandit of Bara and Kishore Kumar Chaudhary of Chandranigahapur have been identified. The bodies of five other men are yet to be identified.

Last Friday morning, two buses - Angel Deluxe en route to Kathmandu from Birgunj and Ganesh Deluxe heading towards Gaur from Kathmandu - were swept away by a landslide at Simaltal of Narayanghat-Mugling road section in Chitwan. There were 65 passengers on the buses and three passengers Nandan Das, Jugeshwar Yadav and Saroj Kumar Gupta saved their lives by jumping out of the bus. 

 
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