Rescuers on Sunday morning pulled ten more bodies from two vehicles buried in a landslide at Jhyaple Khola in Dhading district.
A bus travelling from Gorkha to Kathmandu and a microbus en route to Kathmandu from Chitwan were found buried under the landslide debris this morning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Thapa, joint spokesperson for the Armed Police Force, said rescuers retrieved three bodies from the bus and ten bodies from the microbus.
Narayan Khatri, chair of the Gorkha Daraudi Transport Service Pvt Ltd, said the bus from Gorkha was out of contact since Friday night. Khatri said the bus departed Lapubesi at 7 am on Friday and was last in contact near Khanikhola, Dhading, at approximately 10 pm.
DSP Thapa said search operations are ongoing, as more vehicles may be buried in the area.
Earlier on Saturday, 14 bodies were recovered from two buses buried in the debris.
Around half a dozen vehicles were caught in the landslide, leading to the blockage of the key entry point into the capital city Kathmandu.
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