KATHMANDU, July 15:
At least 34 Indians were among the 39 pilgrims who were killed today when tragedy struck their overcrowded bus that skidded off a slippery road and plunged into a swollen canal in southern Nepal.
The bus was carrying 100 to 120 Hindu pilgrims, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, to a temple in Nawalparasi district, 150 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, police officials in Nawalparasi district.
While 39 bodies were retrieved till late afternoon, 27 people who were on board the bus were still missing.
The accident site—Gandak Canal—is located some 250 km south west of Kathmandu.
Officials said 37 of the 39 bodies have been identified so far, and only three of them were of Nepalese citizens, others were Indians. (PTI)
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