Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Three From Odisha Family Missing After Nepal Flash Floods
A family from Odisha is missing after severe floods in Nepal.
The family includes a father, mother and their two-year-old daughter.
The father worked at a hydroelectric project in Nepal.
Their relatives have not been able to contact them.
Officials in Bargarh and the Odisha government are trying to find them.
Two other tourists from Odisha were already reported missing.
This means five people from Odisha are currently reported missing.
Rescue and relief teams in Nepal are working in difficult conditions.
A couple and their two-year-old daughter from Bargarh district are missing in Nepal.
The missing family was identified as Gunnam Jayakrishna, Gunnam Sai Bindu Kumari and their daughter.
Jayakrishna worked at a hydroelectric project in Nepal and lived there with his family.
Bargarh District Collector Aditya Goyal confirmed the family was missing and said officials had informed the Odisha government.
Two tourists from Odisha’s Khordha district were previously reported missing, bringing the total number of missing Odias to five.
- Who
- Gunnam Jayakrishna, Gunnam Sai Bindu Kumari and their two-year-old daughter, along with two tourists from Odisha’s Khordha district, are reported missing.
- What
- Five people from Odisha have been reported missing amid devastating floods and flash floods in Nepal.
- When
- The floods struck on Wednesday; the Bargarh family’s disappearance was reported afterward.
- Where
- Nepal; the family is from Sarala Jampali in Odisha’s Bargarh district, while the two tourists are from Khordha district.
- Why
- Their whereabouts became unknown after the floods, and relatives were unable to establish contact with them.
- Missing family
- Gunnam Jayakrishna, Gunnam Sai Bindu Kumari and their two-year-old daughter
- Family’s Odisha location
- Sarala Jampali area, Bargarh district
- Total Odias missing
- Five
- Earlier missing persons
- Two tourists from Odisha’s Khordha district
- Jayakrishna’s work
- Employee at a hydroelectric project in Nepal
- Official confirmation
- Bargarh District Collector Aditya Goyal confirmed the family was missing
- Government response
- Odisha officials and district authorities are coordinating efforts to locate and safely return the missing people