Search on for missing people as Nepal flood toll rises
Of the 288, 73 are employees of the Trishuli One Power Project, with the Indian embassy in Kathmandu in touch with the project’s head to gather more information. Jaiswal also said 21 Indians from Tamil Nadu had been rescued following the floods, while around 200 Indians in Tibet had sought assistance from India. “There are 288 Indian nationals who remain unaccountable. These include 73 Indian nationals who are working on the Trishuli One Power Project. Jaishankar said a flight carrying 37.5 tonnes of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief material, medicines and food packets had departed for Nepal. This followed an initial 10-tonne consignment of relief material, including essential medicines, sent on Wednesday.
Two hundred and eighty-eight Indian nationals remain unaccounted for following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the missing Indians included people working on hydropower projects as well as members of tourist groups. Our embassy in Kathmandu is in touch with the project head to get more details about these people,” Jaiswal said. Urgent efforts are underway to ascertain the status and well-being of all Indians in the flood-affected areas,” Jaishankar said in a post on X/ India has dispatched a second tranche of humanitarian assistance to Nepal.
India has intensified efforts to trace its nationals affected by the disaster, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar reviewing the situation with senior MEA officials and Indian ambassadors in Kathmandu and Beijing. The MEA is coordinating with Nepalese authorities, state governments, tour operators and project agencies to establish the status and well-being of Indians in the affected areas. “Held a review meeting with foreign secretary, Team MEA and our ambassadors in Kathmandu & Beijing on the Nepal flood disaster. Indian ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava handed over the supplies to Nepal’s minister for culture, tourism and civil aviation Khadak Raj Paudel in Kathmandu.