Seven tourists from Bhadrak district were among a group of 51 people evacuated to safety in southern Nepal after flash floods and landslides disrupted their journey, members of the group said on Saturday.
The number of missing persons from the state rose to five after a couple and their two-year-old daughter from Bargarh district were reported missing. As the Trishuli River swelled and conditions deteriorated, Nepal police and local authorities evacuated the tourists from the temple area using a ropeway and transported them to Bhairahawa, where they are currently staying at a lodge. five other people from Odisha remain missing in Nepal following the flash floods, officials said While the 51-member group has been evacuated and is safe. The death toll in Nepal has risen to 626, with 2,424 people reported missing.
Jayakrishna’s family has been unable to establish contact with them despite repeated attempts, prompting the Bargarh district administration to alert the Odisha government. “We received information that the family is missing in Nepal. We are in constant touch with their family members.
The other two missing Odias, Sandeep Mohapatra and his wife Siddharthi Kumari Sahu, are from Khordha district and have been living in Australia since 2018 . They travelled to Nepal on August 22 for a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar.
Gunnam Jayakrishna, his wife Gunnam Sai Bindu Kumari and their two-year-old daughter have been missing, officials said. Jayakrishna was working with Andtriz Hydropower in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, for the past six years, according to his family. Continuous efforts are being made by the state government to facilitate their safe rescue and return,” Bargarh district collector Aditya Goyal said.
