Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Odisha Engineer Survives Nepal Flood; Wife, Daughter Missing
Gunnam Jay Krishna worked at a hydropower project in Nepal.
A phone call sent him to inspect a tunnel just before floodwaters destroyed the nearby housing area.
He reached a higher part of the tunnel and survived.
His wife and two-year-old daughter were at their home and are still missing.
Jay Krishna and two coworkers waited outside for 36 hours before a helicopter rescued them.
He is now staying in Kathmandu.
Officials will help replace the documents he lost.
He hopes his wife and daughter will be found and returned safely.
Gunnam Jay Krishna escaped flooding at Nepal’s Upper Trishuli hydropower project after being called to inspect a tunnel.
His wife, Sai Bindu, and their two-year-old daughter were swept away and remain missing.
Jay Krishna and two colleagues spent 36 hours without food or water before being rescued by helicopter.
The disaster destroyed the project’s workshop and colony houses, burying the area under debris.
Jay Krishna is staying in Kathmandu while awaiting documentation and hopes his family will be found.
- Who
- Gunnam Jay Krishna, a 37-year-old mechanical engineer from Odisha; his wife Sai Bindu and their two-year-old daughter are missing.
- What
- Floodwaters destroyed parts of the Upper Trishuli hydropower project area, while Jay Krishna survived and his wife and daughter were swept away.
- When
- The disaster occurred on Wednesday morning; Jay Krishna was rescued the following afternoon after spending 36 hours stranded.
- Where
- The incident occurred at the Upper Trishuli hydropower project in Nepal; Jay Krishna is now staying in Kathmandu.
- Why
- Jay Krishna survived because a work call sent him into an elevated section of the tunnel before the flooding reached the workshop and colony.
- Engineer
- Gunnam Jay Krishna, 37, from Baragarh in western Odisha
- Workplace
- Upper Trishuli hydropower project, Nepal
- Missing family members
- Wife Sai Bindu and their two-year-old daughter
- Time stranded
- 36 hours without food or water
- Rescue
- A company helicopter rescued Jay Krishna and two colleagues the following afternoon
- Current location
- A hotel in Kathmandu
- Documentation
- Jay Krishna said the survivors lost their documents and would begin replacement procedures through the Indian embassy