Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Families Seek Help as Indians Go Missing in Flood-Hit Nepal
Flash floods hit parts of Nepal while Indian travelers and workers were there.
Some people could call their families before losing contact.
Other travelers reached safer places but still needed help returning home.
Families in several Indian states are worried because they do not know where their relatives are.
One family said a final phone call ended suddenly while relatives were seeking shelter.
Another family said the embassy was conducting rescue operations.
The families want Indian and state governments to find the missing people.
They are also asking for medical care and safe transportation home.
Relatives across several Indian states say pilgrims, travelers and a hydropower worker are missing or stranded after flash floods in Nepal.
Vimala Ravi, traveling with a 49-person Kailash pilgrimage group, has been unreachable for two days, according to her daughter.
A family from Andhra Pradesh said four members were safe for the moment but still needed relief and rescue assistance.
Families in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and West Bengal’s Siliguri region reported distressing final calls or lost contact with relatives.
The Indian embassy told one family that rescue operations were underway, while relatives broadly appealed for rescue, medical aid and government information.
- Who
- Indian pilgrims, travelers, a hydropower worker and their relatives; officials and the Indian embassy were also contacted.
- What
- Families reported missing or stranded relatives after flash floods in Nepal and appealed for rescue, information and medical assistance.
- When
- Reports describe events occurring after flash floods on Wednesday; some travelers had left for Nepal on August 16, while one worker had been in Kathmandu for two months.
- Where
- The affected travelers were in Nepal, including near the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa and along routes toward the Nepal-China border; their families are in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
- Why
- Flash floods disrupted journeys and communications, leaving some people untraceable and others stranded.
- Reported flood location
- The Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal, was reported to have flooded at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
- Pilgrimage group
- Vimala Ravi was traveling with a group of 49 people organized by a Chennai-based agency for a Kailash pilgrimage.
- Reported missing family group
- Devki Adhikari said nearly 30 relatives, including two married couples, were missing.
- Stranded family
- Swathi said her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law were in a safe area after their Manasarovar journey was disrupted.
- Hydropower worker
- Ramprasad Ghosh, 41, had traveled to Kathmandu two months earlier to work on a hydropower project.
- Missing couple
- Bimal Patel, 46, and his wife Jaminiben went missing during the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra after leaving for Nepal on August 16.
- Reported official response
- The Indian embassy told one family that rescue operations were underway and that it would provide updates when there was news or contact.