KAVRE, DECEMBER 13
At least 17 persons were killed in a bus accident at Chalal Ganeshsthan of Bethanchowk Rural Municipality, Kavre, today evening. The bus was returning from a bratabandha ceremony.
Kavre CDO Humkala Pandey said the ill-fated bus was reserved for bratabandha ceremony and was on its way back to Banepa Municipality from Chyalti of Bethanchowk after the bratabandha ceremony.
CDO Pandey said the exact number of passengers travelling on the bus was not clear. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, he added. Identities of the deceased are yet to be established.
Personnel of Nepal Police and the Nepali Army carried out rescue work, said CDO Pandey.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Dhundi Raj Neupane, said 15 people died on the spot and two during treatment at Banepabased Scheer Memorial Hospital.
At least 12 people were injured in the accident. Of them, eight are receiving treatment at Scheer Memorial Hospital, whereas five others are being treated at Dhulikhel Hospital.
Most of the injured are in critical condition, Neupane said.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has directed the bodies concerned to carry out rescue of the injured immediately.
Home Minister Khand asked the Home Administration, ChiefDistrict Officer of Kavre, Humkala Pandey and District Police Chief, Chakra Raj Joshi, to make arrangement to take the injured to hospital.
A version of this article appears in the print on December 14, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
