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Tragedy casts a pall of gloom in Bharatpur
 
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An inconsolable Tulsi Prasad Subedi (centre), who lost his son and daughter in the bus accident at Mukundpur-6 in Nawalparasi district on Thursday.
An inconsolable Tulsi Prasad Subedi (centre), who lost his son and daughter in the bus accident at Mukundpur-6 in Nawalparasi district on Thursday.   
Chitwan, December 12:

The town woke up to the tragic death of 23 people this morning, who lost their lives in a tragic road mishap at Mukundapur-6 in Nawalparasi district last evening.
The victims included 18 students of Hill Bird Residential School at Bharatpur-12. The incident occurred around 9 pm when the bus, carrying students and teachers of the boarding institution, skidded off the East-West Highway and fell 50 feet below.
The ill-fated vehicle was on its way back from a picnic in Lumbini. Nineteen people died on the spot. Sixty passengers were hurt in the mishap. Twenty-eight people are undergoing treatment in College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, 18 in Bharatpur Hospital, 10 in Chitwan hospital and four have been shifted to the capital.
There was palpable grief in the air. All local FM radio stations stopped normal programming for the day as a tribute to the deceased. The closing ceremony of Shreemad Bhagwat Mahayagya was postponed. Hill Bird Residential School remained closed. Narayangarh bazaar also downed its shutters.
Among the deceased, 13 belonged to Bharatpur-12. Tulsi Prasad Subedi, who works as a technician at Chitwan District Development Committee, lost his son and daughter — Prabag and Prabina — in the incident. While his wife, Kamala, a teacher at the school, has sustained injuries.
Chetan Sedain, vice-principal, Hill Bird Residential Secondary School, who lost his wife Usha and son Uchit, is undergoing treatment in the capital along with his daughter. Teacher Apsar Baral and her daughter Srijana also died in the accident.
The school authority has agreed to set up a trust with a corpus of Rs 25 lakh. The decision was taken at a meeting, which was held at the district police office. Representatives of local administration, school management and guardians took part in the talks, said Gyanendra Bikram Shah, SP, Chitwan.
“The school has agreed to pick up the tab for treatment of the injured. While, Rs 25,000 will be given to perform the last rites of the deceased,” added the SP. A security team has been deployed in the school premises to thwart any possible attack on it by enraged locals.

Dead and gone:
• Alina Acharya (12)
• Rojina Rana (16)
• Akriti Pathak (14)
• Dibya Phuyal (16)
• Apsara Baral (34)
• Srijana Baral (12)
• Prabina Subedi (14)
• Prabeg Subedi (7)
• Sonisha Gaire (11)
• Rimu Subedi (10)
• Usha Sedain (40)
• Uchit Sedain (7)
• Nikita Devkota (12)
• Sandhya Pangeni (12)
• Dipa Subedi (12)
• Durga Poudel (15)
• Liladhar Baral (32)
• Amul Adhikari (12)
• Juna Bhandari (23)
• Ayushi Neupane (13)
• Dibas Shrestha (12)
• Sharada Chapagain (40)
• Anjila Poudel (15)
 
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