CHITWAN, July 16: Coordination has been made with bordering Indian districts in course of carrying out search for the missing buses and passengers in a landslide that occurred at Simaltal along Narayanghat-Mugling road section.
Search operations have been conducted in coordination with the authorities in Indian districts suspecting the bodies might have been washed away and reached India after some bodies of missing passengers were found in the Narayani River near the India border.
Chief District Officer of Chitwan, Indra Dev Yadav, said coordination was being made with DM of Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh and West Champaran of Bihar State.
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Both DMs were urged to inform Nepal if bodies were found in the river, he added, stating that coordination was made as bodies might have been carried away by the river towards the Indian side after reaching the Gandak barrage. The Trishuli River flows towards India via Tribeni after meeting the Narayani River.
Two buses—one heading towards Kathmandu from Birgunj and another heading towards Gaur from Kathmandu were swept away by a landslide at Simaltal and have been missing in the Trishuli river since July 12.
Out of 65 passengers in the buses, three managed to save their lives and 62 are still missing. The bodies of 15 passengers were recovered till Tuesday (July 16).
A task force formed by the home ministry on Monday to study the incident is scheduled to carry out an onsite study on Wednesday.
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