» More Nepalis missing in India floods

The number of Nepalis missing in recent flood ing in Uttarakhand state of India is rising. More than 24 additional cases of missing Nepali pilgrims were reported on Friday.

Manager of a Haridwar-based Dharmashala, Narayan Panthi, said the number of Nepalis inquiring about their missing relatives is increasing by the day.

Kishor Pathak, who works as a tourist guide, said seven Nepalis from Butwal who were with him are missing since Sunday morning. “They were staying at the Kali Kamali Dharmashala that was swept away in the flood .”

The persons missing from Pathak’s tour team have been identified as Ramkrishna Panthi, Harilal Gyawali, Maya Gyawali, Bimala Panthi, Shyamsundar Pandey, Tara Thapa and Bhagwati Khadka.

Gobinda Satyal, Mohan Bhandari, Keshav Bhandari and Damodar Acharya of Kavre district and Narayan Adhikari of Makwanpur are also reported missing since Wednesday. They were part of a 40-member team of pilgrims. All of them are said to be missing . They had left for Kedarnath on May 27 on a bus.

Meanwhile, police recovered at least 48 bodies from the banks of the Bhagirathi river in Haridwar on Friday.

According to the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi, around 400 Nepalis are stranded in the wake of the Uttarakhand flood ing. The embassy has deployed two officers in Dehradun, the capital city of Uttarakhand, to help the Nepalis affected by the disaster. Fourteen Nepalis were airlifted to Dehradun from the flood -hit areas on Friday. Thirty others are awaiting rescue, embassy officials said.

The embassy has also set up a hotline (0091-9953899954) to assist victims and their relatives.

176 pilgrims rescued, says govt

KATHMANDU: As many as 176 Nepali pilgrims have been rescued by Indian authorities and rescue teams in Uttarakhand. The pilgrims were bound for Badrinath-Kedarnath, a pilgrimage site for Hindus, when they were stranded after heavy rains triggered massive flood s in the area.

Speaking during a regular press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Friday, ministry Spokesperson Arjun Bahadur Thapa said, “Another 29 were airlifted by the Indian security agencies, some spontaneously came into contact, while some are still believed to be stranded and missing .” The Nepali Embassy in New Delhi is in constant touch with India’s Ministry of External Affairs in this regard, Thapa said. According to him, no case of Nepali pilgrims being killed in the flood ing has been reported so far. (PR)

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