People searching for missing relatives look at a list of names outside a military camp, following flash floods on August 28, 2026 in Trishuli, Nepal
For Sunanda Howladar of Parnasree, Behala, the uncertainty over the wellbeing of her father Ranjit (63) has become unbearable. Because of the fresh warnings is further dampening our spirit,” she said, the fact that rescue work has come to a halt.
Sitting so far away, I don’t even know what I should do,” he said. “I don’t know where I can get any information about him. I am attending every call from unknown numbers, hoping there will be some positive news. But all calls are ending with hollow assurances. “The administration is in touch with us and I am personally calling up embassies in Nepal and Beijing for any information available.
The family of Amarnath Pal, 61, of Patuli, is similarly distraught. The external affairs ministry said 96 Indians had crossed into Nepal from Tibet and around 400 stranded on the Chinese side were safe, but families said the absence of names offered little relief.
There is no news of her safety,” she said. We have called every possible helpline, but there is hardly any information,” said his daughter Rupama Pal. “We are regularly watching the news as there is no other way of finding out about them,” said Pinky Dutta. “Until we get some concrete information, such news means nothing,” said Debasis Thakur, a friend of missing Durgapur couple Mousumi and Arindam Ganguly.
In Netaji Nagar, Gunja Mukherjee is trying to keep her mother calm while waiting for news of her sister Rina Banerjee. We have been trying her number after receiving the news of the flood, but it is not connecting. We are also watching the news and calling the government helpline. “There is no news yet of my father. In Santoshpur’s Eastern Park, neighbours awaited news of Manas Kumar Ghosh and Deepali Sarkar.
“I spoke to her last on Monday afternoon. A landslide-dammed lake on the Nepal-China border began overflowing on Friday, triggering a fresh alert.