As of Saturday evening, only two bodies have been identified, 46 people are still missing along with two buses, 3 of the 51 passengers saved their lives by swimming.
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Sudan Das's daughter's marriage was scheduled for Saturday. Sinoj Das, a general wage worker in Kathmandu, took a bus from Kathmandu to go to Rautahat home on Thursday evening for his sister's (cousin's daughter) wedding.
But the bus he was traveling in could not cross Simaltal in Bharatpur, Chitwan. On Friday morning, two buses were missing in Trishuli, along with a Sinoz, which was swept away by a landslide on the Narayangadh-Muglin road section.
There were 51 passengers in two buses, 3 of them jumped to save their lives, and till Saturday evening, only two of the three bodies found have been identified. Chief District Officer of Chitwan Indradev Yadav confirmed that one of the two bodies found till Saturday evening is that of 28-year-old Rishipal Sah of Bihar Seetamani Bargania Jamua and the other 19-year-old Ramit Kishore Majhi.
The body of Sah riding in Ganpati transport was found at West Bharatpur-28 Golaghat about 50 km from the incident site, while the body of Majhi riding in Angel transport was found in Gaindakot. Prazia Yadav said that the identity of another body found with Majhi is yet to be ascertained.
Soon after learning about the incident, Sudan stopped his daughter's marriage and arrived at Simaltal on Saturday afternoon along with Sinoj's father Budhan. Budhan is not able to speak.
Missing Sinoj's father Budhan Das.
What words come out of the mouth of the lost son? The hope that we will find a son is gone now. The government would have at least searched for the corpse,' said Sudan. Even though there is no flood in Trishuli like on Friday, the water has not receded yet. With the help of four rafting boats, the divers of the army and the armed police were engaged in the search since 8 am on Saturday.
'I wish I could see my son's face,' Budhan was saying. Relatives of the missing passengers are mourning at the scene. Even after a day of the incident, the missing persons are not found, and the relatives are still angry along with the pain. Relatives are complaining that rescue and search operations are not effective.
Shashibhushan Jaiswal of Rautahat Boudhimai Municipality-4, who came in search of his brother's son, Prince Jaiswal, was also found in a state of mourning in Simaltal. He was studying in class 10 in Kathmandu. At this time he was coming home saying it was a holiday. It was lost in a landslide on the way," said Shashibhushan. Relatives and villagers have also arrived in Simaltal along with him. They are not satisfied with the search for missing persons in Trishuli river.
'There has been such a big accident. But the government does not seem to have much interest in search and rescue. If the elder had been in such a situation, the rescue team would have been dispatched to find him by now. People's children are lost, who cares?," said Mohan Prasad Jaiswal, who came with Shashi Bhushan. He said that the relatives would have been able to see at least the dead body. The rescue team goes out but says there is too much water in the river. Let the government get skilled people to rescue even if they are from abroad. At least we had to get the body,' said Mohan Prasad.
Chief District Officer of Chitwan Yadav says that competent manpower and advanced equipment available in the country are being used for water rescue. Divers from Bangladesh have not been brought here in the past. But the divers of the army and the armed police are comparatively more capable and efficient," said Prazia Yadav.
Province 03-001 kha 2495 bus coming from Gaur from Kathmandu and Angel bus number 03-006 kha 1516 going to Kathmandu from Birganj went missing on Friday morning in Trishuli after being swept away by a landslide in Bharatpur Metropolitan Municipality-29 Simaltal, 22 km northeast of Narayangadh. yes There were 51 passengers including the crew in two buses.
Three passengers of Ganapati Transport managed to save their lives by swimming. So far, it has been confirmed that there are 24 passengers in the Angel bus and 27 passengers in the Ganpati bus, said Prazia Yadav. Among the missing, only two bodies have been identified till Saturday evening.
A team of security personnel searching for buses and passengers missing in the Trishuli river since Friday after the Simaltal landslide. Photo: Angad Dhakal/Kantipur
It has been confirmed that there were seven Indians on the bus going from Birganj to Kathmandu and two and nine Indians on the bus coming from Gaur from Kathmandu. Their relatives have also reached the spot. The Chitwan administration has said that they will use a large magnet in the search for the missing.
Assistant Chief District Officer of Chitwan Khimanand Bhusal said that a team with divers is searching with cameras that can be seen under water, iron hooks and others. According to him, the kayak team of Trishuli Riverside Resort has been mobilized to search the river bank below the accident site, drone camera and motorboat will also be used. The rescue team suspends the search for the night. Prazia Yadav said that the search for the missing bus and passengers will start again on Sunday from 8 am.
