KATHMANDU: Raksha Khadse, India’s Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday to meet the injured survivors of the recent bus accident and to assist with the repatriation of the deceased.
The tragic accident occurred on Friday when a passenger bus carrying Indian tourists plunged into the Marsyangdi River in Ainpahara, Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality-2, Tanahun, along the Prithviraj Highway.
The incident has claimed the lives of 27 passengers.
Minister Khadse visited Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj to check on the 16 injured Indian nationals currently receiving treatment, as confirmed by the Indian Embassy.
Additionally, three others who sustained minor injuries are being accommodated in a guest house arranged in collaboration with the Indian Embassy.
Meanwhile, the autopsies of the victims are being conducted in Chitwan.
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