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On the death anniversary of late Ranjan Thapa and Sagar Pariyar, who lost their life in a fatal bus accident,
The glass framed photos of the late Ranjan and Sagar, both wearing an innocent faint smile and bedecked in national football team jersey, elegantly decorated by yellowish-red garland of marigold flower, stood in the right corner of the Anfa Media Centre at Dasharath Stadium.
All amassed people, bore a mournful expression as they had gathered to comprehend the unfortunate and untimely demise of Thapa and Pariyar—Anfa Academy U-14 players—who lost their life in a dreadful accident while the duo was returning from Butwal to Kathmandu after taking supplementary School Leaving Certificate exams. They had taken a night bus that was destined to skid off the Prithivi Highway and plunged into the killer Trishuli River, at Bhumeshan VDC of Dhading district. It was known later that both of the deceased have passed their exam.
Twelve people were reported dead and over 20 severely injured. Thapa had died at the spot, while Pariyar breathed his last two days later while undergoing treatment at Annapurna Neuro Hospital. Their team mates Milan Hitang and Samrat Buland, who were travelling on the same bus, had sustained minor injuries and have recovered.
In the first anniversary of their death, Anfa convened a program, assisting the family of the deceased with Rs 500,000 each.
The program started with a minute of mourning for the departed souls.
Hom Bahadur, father of late Ranjan, and Chuda Mani Darji, mother of late Sagar, occupying the front row, overwhelmed with inexplicable agony, received the financial aid with gloom-ridden face that Anfa promised a year ago.
The aid did little to console their beguiling heart as the memories of their budding sons seemed to be eating them from inside.
Anfa youth team coach Bal Gopal Maharjan said that the loss of talented young players was a irreparable for their family, Anfa and the nation. “Unfortunate passing away of these incredibly talented players is a severe loss to us, their family and to the nation as a whole,” he said in a painful voice.
“Had we still had their service, our U-16 team would have been ever stronger. They were hardworking and creative players. Let us hope that such unfortunate events will not occur in the days to come.”
Anfa President Ganesh Thapa said that the assistance to their family was too little to compensate for the loss of their children. “We would like to offer our heartful condolences by establishing a football tournament in their memory.”
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