At least eight more bodies were recovered on Sunday from the Larji dam during desilting, nearly two-and-a-half-month after a private bus accident July last at Sarsari on Kullu-Manikaran Road in which 23 people were killed and 23 were feared to have been washed away.
Suspecting that the bodies could be of July 23 bus mishap victims, their relatives have been informed to identify the bodies, a senior official said.
The incident on that fateful day took place when the bus they were travelling in plunged into turbulent Parbati river at Sarsari Kullu district.
The dam authorities started routing desilting operations on Sunday morning and after flushing out water. Eight bodies, sunk 20-foot-deep in the silt were recovered, Deputy Commissioner (Kullu) Rakesh Kanwar said.
There are chances of recovering more bodies as dead bodies keep flowing into the dam and remained untraced.
Massive rescue operations were launched for nearly a month by NDRF, ITBP, Navy, power project and police rescuers but only 23 bodies could be recovered while remaining 23 bodies were untraced.
Seven bodies were recovered on the day of the mishap and two bodies were recovered the next day while remaining bodies were recovered in coming days. PTI
