Rescuers in Nepal have ruled out finding survivors from last week’s landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen by heavy rain, authorities said Monday.


Searchers combing the site of Friday’s crash in Chitwan district, about 86 km (53 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, have so far found seven dead bodies, including two on Monday.

“There is no chance of finding any survivors. Our focus is on finding the bodies,” said Bhesh Raj Rijal, a senior police official in Chitwan district.

Family members who gathered at the search site had given up hope of finding their loved ones alive, the official said.

They are asking us to at least find the dead bodies.

Following the landslide, the government announced plans to ban buses from operating at night in areas with severe weather forecasts.