Chakraghatta Rural Municipality Declares Day of Mourning After Fatal Electric Vehicle Accident

Kathmandu. After a passenger electric vehicle traveling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi met with an accident in Bhimfedi, Makwanpur, resulting in a large number of casualties, Chakraghatta Rural Municipality has declared a one-day local holiday for mourning across the municipality today. The rural municipality has also decided to provide financial assistance of Rs 50,000 per deceased to the families of the local citizens who lost their lives in the accident as funeral rites expenses. The information was provided by the rural municipality chairman Krishna Kumar Yadav through a press release. The electric vehicle coming from Kathmandu towards Chakraghatta Rural Municipality in Sarlahi had met with an accident on the morning of Kartik 26 in the Bhimfedi area of Makwanpur district. In that accident, 13 passengers from Sundarpur, Chakraghatta Rural Municipality-4 alone, had died. The entire Sundarpur village and Chakraghatta area have been stunned and saddened by the untimely demise of their citizens while returning home to celebrate the Chhath festival. To assist in the funeral rites and religious ceremonies of the deceased, the rural municipality has decided to provide financial assistance at the rate of fifty thousand rupees per deceased from the rural municipality's side. The municipality has also pledged to facilitate necessary treatment for all citizens injured in the accident, wishing them a speedy recovery. The rural municipality has clarified that although administrative and public service delivery within the municipal area will be closed on the day of mourning, emergency health services provided by health institutions will continue to operate regularly.