5 days ago
Two Assam Workers Missing After Nepal Flash Floods
Two young men from Assam went to Nepal to find work.
They were working near the Trishuli River.
Flash floods hit the area on August 26.
After the floods, their families could not reach them.
Their phones have stayed switched off.
A colleague named Someswar Narzary survived and called his family.
The families reported the disappearance to police and asked authorities and rescuers for help.
Assam opened helplines for information and assistance.
Officials said the number of missing people from Assam could be higher than the two men identified in the reports.
Rituparna Brahma, 24, and Mantri Basumatary, 28, from Karbi Anglong, Assam, remain missing after Nepal’s August 26 flash floods.
The two men travelled to Nepal about two weeks earlier to seek employment and worked at a hydroelectric project near the Trishuli River.
Their families have been unable to contact them, and their phones have remained switched off since the disaster.
Their colleague Someswar Narzary, 37, survived and informed his family by telephone.
Officials said six people from Assam were initially reported missing in Nepal, but the figure was described as preliminary and subject to change.
- Who
- Rituparna Brahma and Mantri Basumatary, two workers from Karbi Anglong, Assam, are missing; colleague Someswar Narzary survived. Officials also reported six Assam residents missing initially, though that figure was not considered final.
- What
- The two men became uncontactable after flash floods struck Nepal, prompting their families to seek help tracing them.
- Where
- They were working near Nepal’s Trishuli River and came from Doidak village in the Langhin area of Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
- When
- Contact was lost after the flash floods on August 26; the men had travelled to Nepal about two weeks earlier.
- Why
- They had travelled to Nepal to seek employment and were working at a hydroelectric project.
Key facts
- Missing workers
- Rituparna Brahma, 24, and Mantri Basumatary, 28
- Home
- Doidak village, Langhin area, Karbi Anglong district, Assam
- Incident
- Nepal flash floods on August 26
- Workplace
- A hydroelectric project near the Trishuli River
- Survivor
- Someswar Narzary, 37, a colleague of the missing men
- Police report
- The families informed Dokmoka Police Station
- Assam reports
- The chief minister said six Assam residents were initially reported missing, but cautioned that the figure could change
- Emergency helplines
- 011-23010299/98, 28877111, 9101089151 and 892057057
Quotes
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief minister of Assam
“Six people from Assam were missing in the devastating flood in Nepal. The figures may rise but till afternoon we have got the figures of six people. I cannot say it was the authentic figure but it may change”
NDTV
“The families have been unable to contact them since the flash floods struck Nepal on August 26. Their mobile phones have remained switched off since the incident.”
NDTV
Sources
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