Jul 25, Kathmandu- The Bagmati state government has expressed grief over the death of 18 people in the solar plane crash.

Prem Bhakta Maharjan, Minister of Labor, Employment and Transport of the Provincial Government, informed that the first meeting of the newly formed Provincial Council of Ministers under the leadership of Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang has decided to offer condolences and condolences to the bereaved families of those who died in the plane crash.

Eighteen people died when a Saurya Airlines flight departed from Kathmandu to Pokhara crashed at Tribhuvan Airport shortly after take-off at 11 am on Wednesday. Manish Shakya, the pilot of the plane who was seriously injured in the accident, is being treated at the KMC Teaching Hospital in Sinamangal.

Similarly, Minister Maharjan said that the meeting paid tribute to the death of two bus passengers who were buried in the Trishuli River after falling into landslides in Chitwan's Simaltal and expressing condolences to the families of the victims.

Similarly, Minister Maharjan informed that the first meeting of the Provincial Council of Ministers decided to give 52.2 million to the District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) of all 13 districts of the province to make disaster management effective.