KATHMANDU: A passenger bus bearing Uttar Pradesh registration number and with at least 40 people on board plunged into the Marsyangdi river in the Tanahun district, Nepal police said on Friday.
“The bus bearing number plate UP FT 7623 plunged into the river and is lying on the bank of the river”, DSP Deepkumar Raya from the District Police Office Tanahun confirmed over phone. As per the official, the bus was en route to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner said, “Regarding the Nepal incident, we are establishing contact to find out if any person from Uttar Pradesh was on the bus”. Further details are awaited in the incident.
In July this year, 65 people on board two buses were swept into a swollen river Trishuli in Nepal. The incident, involving the Kathmandu-bound Angel bus and Ganpati Deluxe which was headed from Kathmandu to Rautahat’s Gaur., occurred amid heavy downpour in the region. (ANI)