A five-member committee has been formed to investigate the passenger electric vehicle (EV) accident that occurred on Thursday morning at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6, Makawanpur.
According to Makawanpur Chief District Officer (CDO) Basanta Adhikari, the committee formed under the coordination of Assistant Chief District Officer Shesh Kanta Paudel will identify the cause of the accident and submit its report within a week.
Members of the committee include Police Inspector Ramesh Bista of the District Traffic Police Office, Makawanpur; Police Inspector Umashankar Prasad; an engineer from the provincial Infrastructure Development Office; and a law officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of Bagmati province.
CDO Adhikari said that the committee will investigate whether the vehicle was carrying more passengers than its permitted capacity, the validity of its route permit, the driver's condition, and the physical condition of the road.
The report will also include measures that relevant authorities should adopt to prevent similar accidents in the future.
Highlighting that three major accidents have occurred along the Bhimphedi-Deurali road section in the past 13 months, Adhikari stressed the urgent need for improvements in road safety.
He also said that implementing a time card system for vehicles alone was not sufficient to prevent road accidents.
The accident occurred on Thursday morning when an electric vehicle bearing registration number Madhesh Province 03-001 Ja 0880, traveling from Kathmandu toward Sarlahi, plunged approximately 500 meters from the road.
According to police, 14 people died and six others were injured in the accident.
