The daughter of an Indian-origin woman in the UK who has been missing since devastating flash floods struck Nepal has traced her mother’s last known location through a TikTok video posted hours before the disaster.
The last known location of Patel’s family was a GPS signal at the ‘Friendship Bridge’. “This was something that they were both looking forward to. They’d been talking about this from the beginning of the year. It was something that was on their bucket list that they really wanted to do. “We recognise this is a distressing time and are working around the clock to support families and loved ones of British nationals missing in the floods.
Because we can’t cross the border; we can’t actually be there to help, “At this point we don’t really know where we would go. “We’ve also heard that all the private helicopters and stuff the government have taken just so that they can use it to help and search for people, which we understand 100%.
“They were supposed to have crossed the border on Tuesday, but I guess due to weather conditions, they got delayed and unfortunately crossed over on Wednesday,” said Patel. “Monday was the last time we’d spoken to them,” she added. Patel said she later came across a TikTok video posted by the tour company showing her mother in Timure, near the Tibetan border crossing, shortly before the floods. Patel said the trip was “very important” to her mother and aunt. she said she had been told that they would only be “stuck in Kathmandu” While Patel has considered travelling to Nepal. “The scenes along the Nepal-China border are devastating, and our thoughts remain with all those affected by this tragedy,” a spokesperson from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said. “We are coordinating closely with the Nepali and Chinese authorities and have deployed consular staff to the region to ensure British nationals can access support.”
Tulshi Patel, a pharmacist from Milton Keynes, said Hemangini Jitendra Patel and Hema Sunil Amin had travelled to Kathmandu on Saturday as part of an Eco-Trek, according to LBC. Follow here for latest updates Speaking to LBC’s Matt Frei on Saturday, Patel said she last spoke to them just days before the devastating floods hit on Wednesday. “We got a photo of them on Tuesday with the coach.
Get all of them out and safe.” “We did our own deep dive research, and we found a TikTok video that verified and showed my mum and auntie and 3 other people from the tour at the border waiting to cross, that the local Nepalese tour guide had made. It was Wednesday morning, just before 6 am, Nepal time.
The two women have not been traced since the deadly flood but Patel said she did her own deep-dive research and found a TikTok video that showed her mother and aunt and three other people from the tour at the border waiting to cross. She said the video was probably made by a local tour guide before the flood. Earlier reporting noted: “They were supposed to have crossed the border on Tuesday, but I guess due to weather conditions, or whichever it was, they got delayed and unfortunately crossed over on Wednesday,” Patel said.
Earlier reporting noted: Tulshi Patel, a Pharmacist from Milton Keynes, England, has been looking for her mother, Hemangini Jitendra Patel, and her aunt, Hema Sunil Amin, who went on a pilgrimage to Tibet. Earlier reporting noted: “Every day we’re calling via WhatsApp … We’ve not given up, but, from our end, all we can do is research, but we just need kind of eyes and ears there from our side to basically get them out. Patel last spoke to her mother and aunt on Monday, received a photo of them on Tuesday and their last known location came from a GPS signal from the tour group at a place called Friendship Bridge at the Nepal-China border.
