गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Death toll reaches seven in Ghatbesi bus accident Nepal Death toll reaches seven in Ghatbesi bus accident KathmanduPati March 06, 2024 File photo KATHMANDU – The death toll has reached seven in a bus accident that occurred at Gajuri rural municipality-5 in Dhading district. The Kathmandu-bound passenger-ferrying bus (Lu 2 Kha 2121) from Kapilvastu had plunged into the Trishuli River at Ghatbesi along the Prithvi Highway this morning. Superintendent of Police (SP) at Dhading District Police Office Gautam KC informed that seven persons, including a woman died in the accident. The deceased are yet to be identified. At least 30 passengers were injured in the mishap. “The injured were rescued and taken to Kathmandu for further treatment after primary aid at local health facility”, SP Gautam informed. Locals along with the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army had rescued the passengers. It is assumed that the death toll may rise as the bus plunged into the river. A team of Armed Police Force and Disaster Management Training School, Kurintar, Chitwan is also involved in the rescue operation. Police have arrested bus driver Hariram Harijan, 38, of Lumbini Sanskriti Municipality-9 of Rupandehi. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal eye camp restores sight across Bangladesh Nepal urged to reform MSME insurance, lending policies Nepal Finance Minister meets commercial bank CEOs today Nepal-India border security tightened after communal violence Nepal assembly seeks answers over alleged SSB border incursion Mongolia’s former prime minister calls on Education minister Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine positive’8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case This time’s Teej, social distancing please! Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020
