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Maharashtra Mountaineers Join Search for Missing Nepal Trekkers
Floods in Nepal have left some people from Maharashtra missing.
Many of them may have been traveling for the Kailash Mansarovar trek.
Maharashtra’s government has asked local mountaineers to help with rescue work.
Mountaineer Umesh Zirpe said officials do not yet know exactly how many Maharashtra residents were in Nepal.
More than 500 volunteers are helping through a group called the Maharashtra Mountaineers Rescue Coordination Centre.
Families can look at the Nepal Police website for information about people who have been recovered.
They can also use the rescue centre’s 24-hour helpline.
The volunteers are trying to help families get answers faster.
Maharashtra’s state government has asked mountaineers to help coordinate rescue efforts after floods in Nepal.
Families seeking missing first-degree relatives have been told to check the Nepal Police website for recovered persons’ photographs and details.
The number of people from Maharashtra who were trekking to Kailash Mansarovar in Nepal remains unclear.
More than 40 organizations and 500 volunteers linked to the Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh are involved in the effort.
The Maharashtra Mountaineers Rescue Coordination Centre operates a 24/7 helpline at 7620230231.
- Who
- Maharashtra government officials, mountaineering groups, more than 500 volunteers, and families of missing trekkers.
- What
- Mountaineers are coordinating and helping expedite rescue efforts for people missing after floods in Nepal.
- Where
- Nepal, including areas associated with the Kailash Mansarovar trek, with coordination from Maharashtra.
- When
- During the recent Nepal floods; the article does not give a specific date.
- Why
- To locate missing Maharashtra residents and help their families obtain information about them.
Key facts
- Rescue network
- Maharashtra Mountaineers Rescue Coordination Centre (MMRCC)
- Organizations involved
- More than 40 organizations
- Volunteers involved
- More than 500 mountaineer volunteers
- Helpline
- 7620230231, available 24/7
- Information source
- The Nepal Police website provides photographs and details of recovered deceased persons
- Missing-person data
- There is currently no adequate data on how many people from Maharashtra were in Nepal for the Kailash Mansarovar trek
- Coordinator quoted
- Umesh Zirpe, president of the Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh
Quotes
Umesh Zirpe
Veteran mountaineer and president of the Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh.
“Known as Maharashtra Mountaineers Rescue Coordination Centre (MMRCC), the main reason for setting it up was to expedite and help in the rescue efforts. We also set up a 24/7 helpline (7620230231)”
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“So far there is no adequate data on the number of people from Maharashtra who were in Nepal for the Kailash Mansarovar trek in Nepal.”
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Sources
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