Nepal, March 14 -- The committee formed to investigate the Dhading bus accident has submitted its report to Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal.

The taskforce was formed after a passenger skidded off the road and fell into the bank of the Trishuli river at Bhaisegauda in ward 5 of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality in Dhading district killing 19 people. Twenty-five people were injured. The incident took place on February 23. The bus (Ga 2 Kha 1421) was headed from Pokhara to Kathmandu along the Prithvi Highway.

The seven-member committee, led by Joint Secretary Rishiram Tiwari of the Ministry of Home Affairs, submitted the report on Friday after about two weeks of investigation.

Members of the taskforce included Senior Superintendent of Pol...