Ambulance drivers honoured for handling Bhotekoshi Flood victims’ bodies

CHITWAN: Ambulance drivers who transported bodies swept away by the Bhotekoshi flood from the Narayani riverbank to Bharatpur Hospital and later to Devghat for management have been honoured.

The drivers were honoured during the fifth general assembly and convention of the Chitwan district chapter of the Joint Ambulance Drivers Association Nepal (Trade Union Association) on Saturday. A total of 65 ambulance drivers were honoured on the occasion.

Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal praised the role played by ambulance drivers during the disaster.

“We were supposed to lead the effort to collect the bodies, but the ambulance drivers went ahead while we followed,” Aryal said.