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Nepal Flood Families Seek Answers as Suvendu Promises Rescue Efforts

Nepal Flood Families Seek Answers as Suvendu Promises Rescue Efforts
Nepal flood kin seek answers at Nabanna as Suvendu Adhikari assures families of rescue efforts - Telegraph India · telegraphindia.com

A group of people from Bengal disappeared after floods in Nepal.

Thirty-nine people were initially reported missing, and two have since been rescued.

Thirty-seven people are still untraced.

Their families met Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna to ask for news.

They wanted to know about rescue work and DNA testing.

Some families also needed help using joint bank accounts.

Suvendu said two officials would help each family with these problems.

He said pensions would continue for missing pensioners and that jobs might be considered for some families.

He also gave one month of his salary to the wife and young child of one missing man.

Key facts

People initially missing
39 people from Bengal
People still untraced
37
People rescued
Two, a couple from Basirhat
Flood date
August 26
DNA profiling
Families were told the process was still underway
Family assistance
Two officials would reportedly be assigned to each family
Additional assurances
Pensions would continue, and jobs could be considered for families of employed missing people
Personal aid
Suvendu Adhikari gave one month of his salary to a missing man’s wife and toddler

Quotes

Ushanish Mandal

Relative of missing tourists Swapan Mandal and Mou Mandal

“We have a joint bank account and my sister’s signature is required for the withdrawal of money. The chief minister said two officials would be deployed for each family and would guide us through the entire process so that we do not face any problems.”
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“We asked whether there were any updates about our DNA samples. The chief minister said it is still under process.”
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