Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak on Sunday met the families of those killed in a bus accident at Birtadeurali in Kavre district.

Twenty-seven people died when the overloaded bus fell off the road on August 15. Thirty-nine persons were injured in the accident.

“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 a thorough investigation into the incident and that the guilty be brought to justice. Some also urged the government provide assistance for the upbringing and education of the kids who had lost their parents in the accident.

Minister Lekhak assured that the government would allocate budget in the next fiscal year to blacktop roads in the district.