Something is happening. Hope the villagers' anger (see the last para below) is NOT short-lived. Quite frankly, these Rapti Bus Entrepreneurs and their Bus Entrepreneur brethren all across Nepal should be slammed and nailed -- legally, for hundreds of crashes and deaths that really amount to murder. Notice that there is NO talk about insurance and compensations, but about "halt[ing] all their services in the same route for a day to mourn the crash", as if they really cared! In Dang-Deukhuri (and in Far Western Nepal), it's the sons and daughters of most feudal landlords -- the ones who held kamaiya bonded labour for long -- who have, in the last 12 years or so, re-invented themselves as long-distance Bus Entrepreneurs. Nothing wrong with that re-invention of the image, except these guys are getting away with murder . . . with zero compensation paid out and with zero accountability on anyone's part. oohi ashu *********** Source: - http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=89855 35 survivors of Salyan crash undergoing treatment, condition of 3 critical Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, Oct 29 - 35 of those wounded in Saturday's Salyan bus accident are undergoing treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College and Kohalpur teaching hospital. According to sources, the condition of three among the injured remains critical because of which the death toll might further rise. Meanwhile, most of the injured admitted to the Kohalpur teaching hospital are expected to be discharged later today, hospital sources said. According to unconfirmed reports, a two and half year old girl, Maya who is also undergoing treatment at the hospital, has lost both her parents in the accident. Similarly, another child survivor of the accident is undergoing treatment at Dang hospital. According to hospital sources, the identity of the child who looks to be around three years old remains unknown. Eight have already been discharged following treatment at the Dang hospital. Meanwhile, nine more bodies of the crash victims at the Salyan Hospital have been identified. According to sources, bodies of the crash victims identified till now are: From Salyan: Rama KC Sita Dahal Ramesh KC Goma Dahal Ganga Pun Dhanmaya KC Maiya Oli and her daughter (name undisclosed) Drona Raj Khadka Rukum Bahadur Oli Harka Bahadur Sunuwar Mohan Daangi Deepak Pun Yamraj KC Khadka Bahadur Sunal Bhim Bahadur Oli Man Simha Oli Dang Kamal Oli Sita Khadka Bal Krishna Simha Lalita Adhikary Pratikshya Adhikary Narayan Oli Modi Oli Shyam Oli Suman Pariyar Following post-mortem, 21 bodies of the crash victims have been handed over to the respective families, District Police Office, Salyan said. According to our correspondent in Salyan, people have thronged Salyan Hospital to find out if their relatives were involved in the crash. Meanwhile, blaming the operation of "derelict buses" for the crash, angry locals have halted all traffic in the Dang, Salyan and Tulsipur route since yesterday evening. Similarly, the Rapti Bus Entrepreneurs have decided halt all their services in the same route for a day to mourn the crash.