Five-member committee formed to probe Bhimphedi accident

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२६ कार्तिक २०८३, बिहीबार १८:०९November 12, 2026

Hetauda. A five-member committee has been formed to investigate into the accident of a passenger electric vehicle (EV) at Chisapanigadhi of Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 in Makwanpur district this morning.

According to Basanta Adhikari, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Makawanpur, a committee led by Assistant Chief District Officer Shesh Kanta Poudel will identify the cause of the accident and submit a report within a week.TAG_OPEN_div_19

Other members of the committee are Inspector Ramesh Bista of District Traffic Police Office, Makwanpur, Police Inspector Umashankar Prasad, an engineer at the Infrastructure Development Office of the province and a law officer at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of Bagmati Province.TAG_OPEN_div_17

According to the Chief District Officer (CDO), the committee will investigate whether the passengers have been kept more than the capacity of the vehicles, the route permit, the condition of the drivers and the physical condition of the road. The report will include the measures to be taken by the concerned bodies to reduce accidents in the coming days.TAG_OPEN_div_15

TAG_OPEN_div_13 Stating that there have been three major accidents on the Bhimphedi-Deurali road section in the last 13 months, he said that there is an urgent need to improve road safety. He said that the ‘time card’ implemented in the vehicles is not enough to prevent accidents.

{{TAG_OPEN_div_11} The EV (Madhesh Province 03-001 Ja 0880) coming from Kathmandu to Sarlahi met with an accident when it fell about 500 meters down from the road. According to the police, 14 people died and six were injured in the accident.