Jalgaon/Kathmandu: A navy transport plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday evening dropped at Maharashtra’s Jalgaon the our bodies of 25 Indian pilgrims who died in a tragic bus accident in Nepal.The accident occurred on Friday in Nepal’s Tanahun district, round 115 kilometres from Kathmandu.

The pilgrims had been amongst a bunch of 110 individuals from a number of components of Maharashtra who had gone to Nepal in two buses and one traveller van. Forty-eight of the pilgrims crossed the land border to Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh together with the our bodies of the bus driver and his assistant, who had been from the state.

The pilgrims, who hail from Maharashtra, will go away on a prepare from Gorakhpur for his or her journey again house, officers mentioned.

“Responding swiftly to a call for crucial humanitarian support, the #IAF deployed a C-130J aircraft to airlift the mortal remains of 25 Indian citizens who tragically lost their lives in a road accident in Nepal,” the IAF mentioned in a submit on ‘X’.

“The mortal remains were transported from Bharatpur (Nepal) to Jalgaon (Maharashtra). The #IAF extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a swift recovery to those injured,” it mentioned.
Union minister Raksha Khadse, who was in Kathmandu to supervise the return of the victims and survivors, mentioned on X, “Special arrangements have been made for remaining passengers to travel from Gorakhpur to their hometown. Very much thankful to the Indian Railways for the swift response.”

Earlier within the day, Indian Embassy sources mentioned in Kathmandu that Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Khadse and Sanjay Savkare, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhusawal constituency, arrived within the metropolis.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund for the subsequent of kin of every deceased within the mishap in Tanahun district, Nepal. The injured can be given Rs 50,000, the PMO introduced on X.

The Indian pilgrims had been in Nepal for a 10-day tour. One of the buses the pilgrims had been travelling in veered off a freeway and fell into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi river at Abu Khaireni in Tanahun district, in line with native officers.

Sixteen others had been additionally injured within the accident.

Earlier within the day, autopsy examinations of all 27 Indians had been carried out on the Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan district of the Bagmati province, Home Ministry spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai mentioned.

Khadse, who was accompanied by Savkare, together with Nepal’s Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, visited the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu and met the 16 injured passengers present process therapy there.

“Thanked Hon’ble HM and Govt of Nepal for the prompt and timely assistance provided for the search and rescue operations as also for the treatment of the injured,” Khadse posted on X after the hospital go to.
She additionally expressed appreciation for the Indian embassy in Nepal for offering “necessary assistance and coordination on the ground with Nepalese authorities”.

Of the 16 injured, the situation of 1 is claimed to be vital, whereas others are steady, in line with hospital sources.

Khadse additionally expressed gratitude for the efficient administration by the Nepalese authorities proper from the rescue work to the therapy; praised the medical doctors for his or her lively function, and thanked the safety personnel and everybody concerned within the rescue efforts, in line with Home Ministry spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.

Terming the bus accident “tragic”, Nepal’s Prime Minister Ok P Sharma Oli condoled the deaths in a submit on X: “Deeply saddened by the tragic bus accident in Abu Khaireni, Tanahun, which claimed the lives of 27 Indian citizens travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu. My heartfelt tributes to the victims and condolences to their families, including Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji.”

On Friday, it had taken practically seven hours for the personnel of the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force, and the Nepal Army to rescue the injured and pull the lifeless passengers from the crash web site.

The victims had been from Varangaon, Daryapur, Talvel and Bhusaval in Jalgaon district, 470 km from Mumbai. The buses from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh had been heading in direction of Kathmandu from Pokhara when one among them met with the accident.