Rescue personnel at the site. Pics/PTI

“An Indian tourist bus travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu with around 43 Indians fell 150 metres into Marshyandi River today,” the Embassy of India said in a post on X.

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The mission is coordinating with local authorities undertaking relief and rescue. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Armed Police Force (APF) Shailendra Thapa, 14 bodies were retrieved from the crash site and 16 injured were rushed to a local hospital. The bus that fell on the river bank has been badly damaged.

UP govt sends SDM to incident site

The UP govt has sent an SDM to the incident site in Nepal where a bus carrying over 40 Indian passengers plunged into a river. UP Relief Commissioner GS Naveen Kumar said, “As per media reports and further confirmed from MEA Nepal Division, today at about 11.30 am, a bus with registration number - UP 53 FD 7623 carrying approx 41 passengers from Maharashtra, fell around 150 metres into river.”        

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