Two killed in tipper accident in Myagdi

Myagdi (Beni), Dec 26: Two people were killed when a tipper met with an accident at Bukla of Raghuganga rural municipality-4 in Myagdi today.     

The deceased are Indian workers employed at the Rahughat Hydropower Project. They are 33-year-old Dasrath Yadav, the tipper driver from Uttar Pradesh of India, and his helper 40-year-old Shatrudhan Rajak of Madhya Pradesh, India, said Police Inspector Sagar Neupane of the District Police Office Myagdi. Both of them had died on the spot.     

The accident happened as the tipper (BP 2-A 7568) fell some 300 metres down from the road leading to the tunnel of the Project's audit no 2.     

Yadav and Rajak had gone missing from their work area since around 1 am today. They were found dead from the accident while searching for them today morning. Police said they have initiated an investigation into this connection.     

The Indian construction company, Jaya Prakash Associates, is undertaking the construction of the 40-MW Rahughat Hydropower Project being developed by the Raghuganga Hydro Limited, a subsidiary company of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). (RSS)