Kathmandu, July 27: Trishuli river has swept away a 19-kg magnetic device used to trace two buses, which fell into Trishuli river after being swept away by landslide at Simaltal, Chitwan, on Wednesday.
Search for the missing buses was carried out on Wednesday using two magnetic devices brought from India after t condition of the buses and passengers remained unknown even after Nepal-India Joint security Force continued the search operation.
According to the Armed Police Force Nepal, a 19-kg magnetic device was swept away by Trishuli river today in course of searching the missing buses.
Information Officer at the APF Nepal Disaster Management Training School, Kurintar, Janak Puri shared that two magnetic devices—one of 14 kg and another of 19 kg were used to locating the buses and search for the missing buses and magnetic device was now underway.
A 12-member technical team from National Disaster Response team of India comprising APF Nepal has been carrying out search from July 21.
Two buses—one heading towards Kathmandu from Birgunj and another heading towards Gaur from Kathmandu fell into Trishuli river after being swept away by landslide at Simaltal. Of 65 passengers in two buses, three, however, were able to save their lives while 62 went missing.
Of 62 passengers, bodies of 24 were recovered from different places and condition of remaining 38 passengers and two buses is still unknown.
