Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Pune Pilgrims Stranded in Tibet After Nepal Floods
Four people from Pune are stuck in Jilong City, Tibet.
They had traveled for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
While they were returning home, large floods hit parts of Nepal.
The floods washed away the immigration office at the Nepal border.
This destroyed their land route home.
All four people are safe.
Two of them became sick because there was not enough oxygen at high altitude.
They were taken to Jilong City while receiving oxygen.
Four Pune residents are stranded in Jilong City, Tibet, after floods damaged Nepal’s border immigration office.
The group was returning from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra when the floods struck.
The stranded pilgrims are Smita Pawar, Yogini Patil, Dinesh Bhosale and Pooja Bhosale.
All four residents are safe, according to Pune’s District Information Office.
Smita Pawar and Yogini Patil suffered severe altitude sickness and required continuous oxygen support.
- Who
- Four Pune residents—Smita Pawar, Yogini Patil, Dinesh Bhosale and Pooja Bhosale.
- What
- They are stranded in Jilong City after floods washed away the Nepal border immigration office.
- When
- The flooding occurred while the group was returning from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra; no specific date is provided.
- Where
- The group is in Jilong City, Tibet; the floods affected Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
- Why
- The floods destroyed the border immigration office and left the group without a land route home; two travelers also needed treatment for altitude sickness.
- Stranded travelers
- Four residents of Pune
- Current location
- Jilong City, Tibet
- Flood-affected areas
- Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts in Nepal
- Damaged facility
- The immigration office at the Nepal border
- Travel purpose
- Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
- Medical issue
- Smita Pawar and Yogini Patil suffered severe hypoxia, or altitude sickness
- Safety status
- All four travelers are safe