The flood took away the happiness

Friday turned out to be a bad omen for Sakun, who was returning after participating in the joy of the ceremony. The Saha family on their way back from Kathmandu went missing in Trishuli after the bus was washed away by a landslide. Saroj saved his life by swimming.

According to Sakun, his father called him when he was boarding the Ganpati Deluxe bus number 001 B 2495 coming from Kathmandu to Gaur in Rautahat. And I said goodbye. That was the last conversation," said Sakun, "The family's happiness was taken away by the landslide without being able to properly celebrate the joy of my brother's dream coming true. There was a situation where four members of the family had to be lost.'

Sad like Sakun, 47-year-old Umadevi Rai of Garuda-9 Siswatol. In the same bus were Umadevi's husband Jageshwar Rai Yadav along with 7-year-old son Ashok, 27-year-old daughter Amrita, grandson Shivshankar and granddaughter Preeti. Although Jageshwar saved his life by swimming, four other members of the family are missing. Umadevi fainted immediately after hearing the news of the accident at 7 am. The 18-year-old eldest son Santosh tries to remind his mother. But unable to control himself, he cries.

Ashok, the youngest son of Umadevi, was suffering from stomach ache since last December. He went to Kathmandu for further treatment on June 20 after he was treated at the village health post and the government hospital in Chandranigahpur but did not recover. At that time, Amrita, who was suffering from back pain, also went to Kathmandu with her two children to seek treatment. According to Santosh, around 8 pm on Thursday night, the father called and said that they were going to board the bus. Jageshwar, who survived the falling bus, is currently undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College.

Grief-stricken Nagwa toll

Since Friday morning, the Nagwa toll of Birgunj-16 has been in mourning. Locals got the news early in the morning that the Angel Transport bus, which was traveling to Kathmandu, fell in Trishuli and two people from their village went missing. The driver of the said bus was Jawahir Mahato of Nagwa tol who has been driving the night bus for 20 years. He was accompanied by his neighbor Harindra Prajapati. Jawahir's nephew Rahul said that after learning about the incident, the village was crying since morning.

65-year-old Babulal Kushwaha, a local, said that the entire village was saddened by the news that two people from the village had died in the accident. "As soon as they woke up in the morning, all the villagers had to hear the bad news," he said, "mourning did not light the stove in many houses in the morning." This driver Jawahir had taught 19-year-old Rahul Sah of Parsa Pokhria to drive. Shah was a co-driver in the bus driven by Jawahir for a few years. After hearing the news about the bus accident, Shah, who arrived at the Angel Bus counter at Birganj Bus Park, said that he had been on leave since Wednesday, so he was spared from the accident. He informed that after he was on leave, the bus driver employed a 25-year-old youth from Sindhupalchok on Thursday evening.

Harindra Prajapati of Nagawa was riding in this bus. Harindra, who works as a carpenter in Kathmandu, returned home to plant a week ago. After planting, he went to Kathmandu on Friday. Harindra's 18-year-old son Ramji said, 'You made us orphans.' Latif Ansari, Chief Senior Police Sub-Inspector of Police Station Bus Park at Birganj Bus Park, said that there were 21 passengers including 3 crew members of the Angel bus that drifted in Trishuli and 7 were Indian nationals.

nephew looking for Lalan

Lalan Sah, 40, from Chatwaria, Bihar, India, sells fruits in Birganj. His nephew Sunil, 25, was selling fruits in Kathmandu. Cousin had returned from his home in India on Thursday. Lalan took the nephew back to Kathmandu by bus on Friday evening. He learned about the bus accident only on Friday afternoon. "How can I describe the pain of losing a young nephew," Lalan said.