– NDRF started rescue operation with state-of-the-art equipment
Kathmandu, 21 July (Tezzbuzz). India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has reached Nepal to search for two passenger buses that fell into Nepal's Trishuli river 10 days ago and has taken command of the rescue operation from Sunday morning. NDRF has started its rescue operation from the accident site of Triveni river in Simaltal of Chitwan. Till Sunday morning, out of 65 passengers travelling in both the buses, bodies of 25 passengers have been recovered so far, in which 17 bodies have been identified.
A team of 12 members led by NDRF officer Kunal Tiwari reached the accident site on Saturday itself. The NDRF team, along with Nepal's Armed Police Force, is planning to go to that area of the river which is extremely deep and risky. Commanding Officer Kunal Tiwari, who is leading the NDRF, said that the NDRF diving team along with Nepal's divers will try to find out about the buses and the missing passengers from today with the help of modern technology. He said that he has also brought with him some modern machines to detect objects and dead bodies submerged in deep water, which will help a lot in carrying out rescue operations here.
Chitwan's Chief District Magistrate Indradev Yadav said that the buses could not be located with the help of water drones and sonar cameras with Nepal, but the NDRF team has advanced level sonar cameras and water drones along with ultramodern sensor machines, with the help of which the bodies can be found in deep water. Chief District Magistrate Yadav has expressed hope that within the next one week, the NDRF team will definitely get some clue about the buses.
DIG of APF Purushottam Thapa, who is commanding the rescue operation from Nepal, said that the NDRF team from India has a lot of experience in carrying out rescue operations in fast flowing rivers. Apart from this, with the arrival of the Indian NDRF team in water with a lot of mud due to floods, there is a lot of hope that the traces of the buses and the remaining missing passengers will be found.
Till Sunday morning, out of the 65 passengers travelling in both the buses, bodies of 25 passengers have been recovered so far. In the list released by the Chief District Magistrate, it has been said that 17 bodies have been identified so far. Efforts are on to find 40 bodies. One of the bodies recovered so far is that of the driver of the bus which was coming from Birgunj to Kathmandu.
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