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Manasi Parekh Returns Home After Ordeal Amid Nepal-Tibet Floods
Manasi Parekh was on a religious trip near Tibet when severe floods and landslides struck.
A landslide near Nyalam stopped her bus for about four hours.
After the road opened, she and other travelers continued toward Nepal.
They had to walk through another landslide near the border.
Then they took a very rough bus ride to Kathmandu.
Manasi eventually reached Mumbai safely.
She cried and hugged her husband and daughter at the airport.
She said reaching the Nepal border felt like winning a war.
The floods killed many people and left thousands missing, although reports gave different death totals.
Actor Manasi Parekh safely returned to Mumbai after being stranded during a Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage through Tibet and Nepal.
A landslide near Nyalam kept Parekh and fellow pilgrims inside their bus for nearly four hours.
At the Nepal border, the group walked through another landslide before taking buses toward Kathmandu.
Parekh became emotional while reuniting with her husband Parthiv Gohil and daughter Nirvi at Mumbai airport.
Reports differ on the disaster toll, citing 792 deaths in Nepal and Tibet in one account, and 903 deaths in Nepal plus 16 in Tibet in others.
- Who
- Actor Manasi Parekh, fellow Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims, and people affected by the floods in Nepal and Tibet.
- What
- Parekh returned safely to Mumbai after landslides and flash floods disrupted her pilgrimage and journey home.
- Where
- The journey involved Nyalam in Tibet, the Nepal border, Kathmandu, and Mumbai; the disaster also affected Nepal’s Rasuwa district and downstream areas including Nuwakot and Dhading.
- When
- The flash floods struck on August 26; Parekh described the return journey as lasting three to four days. Reports place her arrival on Sunday or August 31.
- Why
- Flash floods and landslides blocked roads and disrupted travel after a reported glacier collapse caused a sudden flood in the Bhote Koshi River.
Key facts
- Pilgrimage
- Kailash Mansarovar Yatra with Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation
- Nyalam delay
- A landslide kept Parekh’s group inside a bus for nearly four hours.
- Border crossing
- The group walked through a landslide near the Nepal border to reach buses on the other side.
- Journey to Kathmandu
- Parekh described the bus ride to Kathmandu, about four hours away, as extremely bumpy.
- Missing people
- Nepal’s disaster authority reported 2,502 people missing as of 1 PM on Sunday; another report said more than 2,500 remained unaccounted for.
- Rescue operations
- Authorities reported 8,730 ground rescues and 3,081 people airlifted by helicopter.
- Reported fatalities
- Accounts cited different totals: 792 bodies found in Nepal and Tibet, or 903 deaths in Nepal and 16 in Tibet.
Quotes
Manasi Parekh
Actor who documented her journey and reunion with her family.
“Thank you so much for all the love, messages, calls and prayers.. the last 3-4 days have been overwhelming and getting out of China and reaching the Nepal border felt like winning a war.. there was a huge land slide at the China town of Nyalam which kept us waiting in our bus for 4 hours till we could start our journey out of China by road.”
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“Then after a long bus ride of 40 miles we reached the border of Nepal where there had been another landslide which we had to walk through as there was no other way for us to make it till the buses waiting on the other side,”
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Sources
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