Landslide: Bus accident in Nepal: More than 50 people, including seven Indians, still missing

On Saturday, authorities resumed their search operation in the Trishuli River, where two passenger buses were found on Friday morning that had been swept away by a landslide. The buses are believed to have had around 63 passengers on board.

Search teams of Nepal Army, Armed Police and Nepal Police began their efforts along the Mugling-Narayangadh road stretch. Bheshraj Rijal, DSP, District Police Office, Chitwan, confirmed the deployment of teams for the search operation.

“Teams have been deployed for the search operation. We expect the operation to be easier as the water level has gone down compared to yesterday. Rain has stopped, which will enable us to further speed up the search. More than a hundred personnel from the Nepal Army, Armed Police and Nepal Police, including divers, have been deployed,” Rijal said.

On Friday, Nepali security agencies searched a 5km radius around the site where the buses were swept away by a landslide but were unable to find them. They called off the operation at 6pm due to nightfall. After a break of over 12 hours, the search was resumed in full force, an official said.

According to authorities, the landslide affected the Angel bus heading to Kathmandu and the Ganpati Deluxe, which was travelling from Kathmandu to Rautahats Gaur.

According to preliminary reports, there were 24 people on the bus bound for Kathmandu and 41 people travelling in another bus. Three of the Ganpati Deluxe passengers managed to escape by jumping out of the vehicle.