Divers deployed from Armed Forces Disaster Training Center to search for missing vehicles and passengers in Karnali
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Media Baaji
- Sat, 4 July 2026
Kathmandu. A diving team from Armed Police Force Nepal Disaster Management Training School Kurintar has been deployed to search for the missing vehicle and passengers during the accident on Karnali Highway in Chamundabindrasaini Municipality-7 Sangetada of Dailekh.
Armed Police Co-Spokesperson Shailendra Thapa informed that a four-member team including divers led by Inspector Prem Bahadur Tamang of the Armed Police reached the spot today and searched for the missing vehicle and passengers. According to him, the team will take the help of equipment such as sonar cameras and magnets, which are used for underwater and underwater searches.
Karnali Pradesh 02,001 B 1055 passenger car going from Surkhet to Kalikot fell into the Karnali river about 6-700 meters below the road on 18th June. After the accident, a team including six divers from the headquarters of the Armed Police Gulm Dailekh, Upper Karnali Hydroelectric Project Security Wing and Armed Police Force, Nepal No. 6 Maheshwari Bahini Headquarters Surkhet were deployed for rescue.
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