Riding a Journey of Death: Salyan Toll is 42

Air crashes garner much attention, compared to land crashes. There have been 303 road accidents in the past year, and over 60 people were killed this month alone in bus accidents. This is a sad saga of Nepal's poor transportation system. Some experts say the problem is less about the lack of safety plans and more about the lack of implementing those plans. The government, however, remains mute on this grave problem, which also has a direct bearing on the country's tourism industry. 
• Bus accident kills 42 in Salyan, News, Oct 28/06
• 303 road accidents in the last fiscal year, The Rising Nepal, Oct 28/06
• Forty-two killed in bus accident in Salyan, SM Herald, Oct 28/06
• Overloaded bus plunges off cliff, dozens killed, CNN, Oct 28/06
• 7 killed, dozens injured in bus accident in Khasaidhad, Intl Heradl Trib, Oct 7/06
• 8 killed, dozens injured in bus accident in Trishuli, Jerusalem Post, Oct 13/06
• 11 people killed in two bus accidentsGulf Times
• 24 dead in Nepal WWF air crash, CNN, Sept 25/06