Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Arranges Alternate Routes For Stranded Tourists
Some tourists from Maharashtra are stuck in Nepal and China because important travel routes are closed.
State officials are working with national and foreign authorities to help them return home.
A group of 45 tourists is safe in Chitwan, Nepal.
They plan to travel through Lumbini and Ayodhya instead of Kathmandu.
Thirty-seven pilgrims from Raigad are safe in Saga, China.
They are using another route to reach Kathmandu for their flight to India on August 29.
All 106 tourists from Nagpur have been reported safe.
Officials are also helping 11 people from Nashik who are in Kathmandu.
Maharashtra is coordinating with India, Nepal and China to bring stranded tourists home safely.
A group of 45 Maharashtra tourists is safe in Chitwan and will travel toward India via Lumbini and Ayodhya.
Thirty-seven Raigad pilgrims are safe in Saga, China, and have begun traveling to Kathmandu by an alternate route.
All 106 tourists from Nagpur are safe; 102 entered India by road and four reached Delhi by air.
Officials are also assisting 11 Nashik residents stranded in Kathmandu, while no Washim or Buldhana cases have been reported.
- Who
- Tourists and pilgrims from Maharashtra, including groups from Nagpur, Raigad, Nashik and other districts.
- What
- The Maharashtra administration is arranging the safe return of tourists stranded in Nepal and China because of route disruptions.
- When
- The groups are being assisted ahead of planned travel on August 29; no year is specified.
- Where
- The tourists are in Kathmandu and Chitwan in Nepal, and Saga in China; some Nagpur tourists are in Bihar after entering India.
- Why
- Routes leading to Kathmandu are closed or disrupted, requiring alternative travel routes and coordination with authorities.
- Maharashtra tourists in Chitwan
- 45 tourists are reported safe: 27 from Ahilyanagar, 12 from Nashik, five from Pune and one from Mumbai.
- Raigad pilgrims in Saga
- 37 members of the Jai Girnari Shivdatt Mandir Trust are safe and traveling toward Kathmandu by an alternative route.
- Nagpur tourists
- All 106 are reported safe; four reached Delhi by air and 102 entered India by road.
- Nagpur travel plan
- The 102 tourists in Sitamarhi, Bihar, are expected to travel from Patna to Nagpur by train at 7 a.m. on August 29.
- Nashik residents
- Officials are assisting 11 residents of Peth who are currently in Kathmandu.
- Reportedly unaffected districts
- The administration has received no information about residents of Washim or Buldhana being stranded in Nepal.
- Coordination
- Maharashtra's State Disaster Management Department is coordinating with the Centre and the governments of Nepal and China.