Miscellaneous
Transport Minister Lekhak meets kin of Kavre bus accident victims (with photos)
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak met the families of 27 persons who died in a bus accident at Birtadeurali in Kavre district.Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak met the families of 27 persons who died in a bus accident at Birtadeurali in Kavre district.
“I am here to express my condolence to the victims family,” said Lekhak after arriving in the district.
During the interaction with the minister, locals demanded the roads in the district be blacktopped. They also demanded the guilty behind the accident be brought to justice. Some also urged the government provide assistance for the upbringing and education of the kids of those persons who died in the accident.
Minister Lekhak assured the government would allocate budget in the next fiscal year to blacktop roads in the Koshipari region of the district.
Twenty-seven persons died when the overloaded bus fell off the road on August 15. Thirty-nine persons were injured in the accident.
(All photos: Prakash Timilsena)