{"id":58188,"date":"2026-11-13T13:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=58188"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:47:50","slug":"bhimfedi-accident-government-to-provide-compensation-to-victims-families-ensure-treatment-of-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/bhimfedi-accident-government-to-provide-compensation-to-victims-families-ensure-treatment-of-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhimfedi Accident: Government to Provide Compensation to Victims\u2019 Families, Ensure Treatment of Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Nov, 13: The government has decided to provide compensation to the families of those killed in the passenger vehicle accident in Bhimfedi, Makwanpur, and ensure free treatment for the injured.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred on the Bhimfedi\u2013Kulekhani\u2013Kathmandu road section at Chisapani Gadhi, Bhimfedi Rural Municipality\u20136, when a passenger vehicle travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi plunged approximately 500 metres off the road. Fourteen people were killed and six others injured.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, bearing registration number Madhesh Province 03-001 Ja 0880, was carrying passengers travelling home to celebrate the Chhath festival. Among the deceased, 13 were from Sundarpur, Ward No. 4 of Chakraghatta Rural Municipality, Sarlahi, while one was the driver from Kabilasi Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the government has given top priority to the treatment of the injured and has directed the concerned hospitals to ensure proper medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the injured have been discharged after treatment, while the remaining three are receiving treatment at Manakamana Hospital in Chitwan and Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur.<\/p>\n<p>The government has also initiated the process of providing medical expenses for the injured and compensation and insurance payments to the families of the deceased under the Motor Vehicles and Transport Management Act, 1993, and prevailing insurance laws.<\/p>\n<p>Coordination is underway with the vehicle owner, transport operators and insurance companies to expedite the payments, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a five-member investigation committee led by the Assistant Chief District Officer of Makwanpur has been formed to determine the cause of the accident and recommend measures to prevent similar incidents. The committee has been directed to submit its report within seven days.<\/p>\n<p>The government has expressed condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov, 13: The government has decided to provide compensation to the families of those killed in the passenger vehicle accident in Bhimfedi, Makwanpur, and ensure free treatment for the injured. The accident occurred on the Bhimfedi\u2013Kulekhani\u2013Kathmandu road section at Chisapani Gadhi, Bhimfedi Rural Municipality\u20136, when a passenger vehicle travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi plunged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58190,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58188\/revisions\/58190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}