KATHMANDU, AUGUST 04
Sixteen Nepalis living near Rudra Prayag district of Uttarakhand, India, are feared buried after landslide that occurred in the area last night. The bodies of two Nepalis were recovered today, according to the Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi.
The embassy issued a press release saying that among the three bodies recovered from the bank of Mandakini River at 9:00am today, two were Nepali nationals and one was an Indian national.
Out of two Nepalis, one has been identified as Tek Bahadur Kami from Kalikot and another body is yet to be identified.
The embassy said seven people from the same family who hailed from Jumla district and were engaged in hotel business were among the missing Nepalis. Four other people from Jumla and five people from Kalikot district who were living near the area also went missing after the natural disaster struck the area.
The embassy said that government authorities had intensified their search and rescue operation but they were unable to make progress due to rising river water and adverse weather condition. The Nepali Embassy in New Delhi has requested the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Rudraprayag based authorities to search and rescue the missing Nepalis and to expedite the process of handing over the victims' bodies to their family members in Nepal.
Anybody who wants to seek information about the incident can contact +91- 8958757335 (Disaster Control Room) and +91- 9205195035 (Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi).
Rudra Prayag is from where people trek to Kedarnathdham, a popular destinations for Hindus.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 5, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
