Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Bihar Families Await Answers One Month After Nepal Floods
Floods in northern Nepal caused some people from Bihar to disappear.
Their families have not heard from them since then.
Sandip Yadav traveled to Nepal to look for his brother Vijay.
He searched for clues such as clothing, a phone, a shoe, or witnesses.
He did not find anything.
The families want the Nepal government to officially say whether the missing people have died.
Without death certificates, they say they cannot hold last rites.
A month later, they are still waiting for answers.
Families in Bihar are still searching for relatives who went missing after floods in northern Nepal.
Sandip Yadav spent five days in Nepal looking for his elder brother, Vijay, but found no trace.
Families say they need Nepal’s government to declare missing people dead before they can perform last rites.
One month after the floods, families’ hopes of finding their loved ones are fading.
Vijay, a 46-year-old from East Champaran’s Hapur village, had worked in Nepal for more than 10 years.
- Who
- Families from Bihar, including Sandip Yadav, are searching for relatives missing in Nepal; Sandip is looking for his brother Vijay.
- What
- Families are awaiting information and official death declarations for relatives who went missing after floods in northern Nepal.
- When
- The floods occurred about one month ago; Sandip searched in Nepal for five days last week.
- Where
- The flooding occurred in northern Nepal, while many affected families are in Bihar, including East Champaran district.
- Why
- Families lost contact with their relatives and need official confirmation and death certificates before performing last rites.
- Time since floods
- About one month
- Searcher
- Sandip Yadav, 27
- Missing person
- Vijay, Sandip’s elder brother
- Search duration
- Five days in Nepal
- Possible clues sought
- A piece of cloth, a mobile phone, a shoe, or a witness
- Vijay’s age
- 46
- Vijay’s work history
- He had been employed in Nepal for more than 10 years