KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week’s landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a ...
Members of Nepal’s Armed Police Force search for survivors in the Trishuli River at the site of a landslide following heavy rainfall in Simaltar on July 13, 2024. Nepali rescue teams resumed their search early on July 13 for at least 63 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river. - AFPpix
Hundreds of security personnel resumed search operations early on Monday to locate the buses and 55 passengers who remained missing, over 72 hours after the accident. “There are no chances of finding survivors. Our focus is on recovering bodies,“ Bhesh Raj Rijal, a senior police official in Chitwan district said.
“They are requesting us to at least find the dead bodies. The scene here is grim,“ said Khimananda Bhusal, a government official in the district.
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