Chitwan. Narayangadh-Muglin road section has been identified and work has been started to solve the problem of landslides that may occur during the rainy season. Precautions have been taken to avoid such problems after two buses were washed away by a landslide in Simaltal in June last year.
Narayan Lamichhane, chief engineer at the Division Road Office, Bharatpur, said landslide control works have been carried out at sensitive places. He said that small ‘check dams’ have been constructed so that the mud does not flow in the upper part of Simaltal where the incident took place last year. Similarly, check dam and lining works have also been carried out in the upper part of The Mauri Khola Bridge.
He said landslide prevention works have also been carried out as per the need in risky places including Kalikhola. “Let’s hope that landslides will not cause misery this year,” he said. He said that arrangements have been made to remove the landslide immediately in case of landslide.
The office has placed equipment including backloaders, trucks, excavators, loaders and mini tippers at setidobhan camp on the road section, he said. Similarly, such equipment has also been kept ready at the Bharatpur office.
Chief District Officer Prakash Poudel said necessary preparations have been made to control the landslide and to remove the landslide immediately. According to him, preparations have been started after discussions between the officials of the division road and security bodies earlier. Around 62 people were washed away when two night buses were washed away on July 27 last year. Some of them are still missing. The two buses have also not been found.
39 passengers of the missing bus in Simaltal have not yet been found
Thirty-nine passengers of two buses that fell into trishuli on The night of July 27 last year are still missing. There were 62 passengers in two buses at Simaltal on the Narayangadh-Muglin road section. Three of them are alive, 20 bodies have been recovered and the rest are still missing.
Both buses have not been found yet. According to District Police Office Chitwan’s Chief Superintendent of Police Govinda Puri, there were 26 passengers in the Angels Deluxe bus (Ba 03-006 Kha 1516). Ten of them have been found dead and 16 others are still missing. Of them, seven were Indian passengers, two were found dead and four are still missing.
Similarly, there were 36 passengers on the Ganapati Deluxe (Ba 03-001 Kha 2495). Three of them are alive, 10 bodies have been recovered and 23 are still missing, he said. There were four Indians among them. Three people were found dead and one is missing.
Angel Deluxe bus going to Kathmandu from Birgunj and Bagmati Ganapati Deluxe bus en route to Gaur of Rautahat from Kathmandu were dropped into Trishuli.
At that time, divers were called from abroad as not only Nepali divers could not be found. However, divers could not find the missing passengers and bus buses. Although the search operation was carried out for a long time after the flood in Trishuli, the missing passengers and buses have not been found. Some bodies were recovered from different areas of Trishuli and Narayani. Two bodies were found in India.
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