Kathmandu, September 9:

Two commuters and a bystander, who were injured in the Balaju microbus blast last Sunday, are admitted in Bir Hospital and are out of danger.

While Sita Aryal, 27, lost her right leg in the blast, Bhagawati Bhandari, 40, has multiple burn injuries on her legs and cannot move them. Sita and Bhagawati are sisters and they were returning home when the blast occurred.

Mitthu Pariyar, 70, who used to run a roadside shop at Tripureshwor, has been hospitalised for injuries on her face. Much like Bhagawati, she was also hit on her right leg by splinters from the blast. As a result, she cannot move her right leg.

Sita is undergoing treatment in the Post-Operative Ward, Bhagawati in Burn Ward and Mitthu in ENT Ward. Bhagawati, who hails from Nuwakot, accused the government of not being serious on the security of its citizens. “Though the government has assured us to bring the guilty to book, it has not been able to show the same in reality.”

Prakash Bhusal, grandson of Pariyar, said: “She gets scared of small sounds in the hospital.” He said she lost her jewellery and some money in the blast. Pariyar, who hails from Hetauda, has had seven stitches on the right side of her face. Sita cannot walk, talk and hear properly. Her one-and-a-half-year old daughter is also under observation at the Kanti Hospital after being victimised by the blast.

The government has supported all the blast victims, but they demanded that they be provided compensation for their injuries, as they would not be able to work as before.

Among the five victims receiving treatment at the Bir Hospital, two male victims have already been discharged.