All onboard passengers rescued

Nawalpur, June 20: All onboard passengers on the bus that was swept by the rain-swollen Binayikhola (river) at Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-1 in Nawalparasi Purva along the Narayanghat-Butwal section of the East-West Highway have been rescued. 

Police Inspector of Area Police Office, Dumkibas, Rajan Timilsena said the bus (Bhe 1 Kha 4085) heading to Nepalgunj from Kathmandu was swept off the river last night. 

Inspector Timilsena said the bus was swept away by the flashflood in the river. "The flood swept away the bus over the new diversion. We rescued all passengers immediately by taking an excavator," he shared. 

Altogether 38 passengers, including three infants, were travelling in the bus.  

He said, "The bus was swept away by the flash flood while coming from the new diversion. We immediately brought in an excavator and were able to safely rescue all the passengers."

Inspector Timilsena stated that they could not take out the bus from the river due to continuous rainfall in the area. The quantity of the goods swept off the river is not confirmed yet. 

Currently, the highway is completely obstructed due to the muddy road in the Daunne area following the heavy rain since last night.