Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Two of 39 Bengal Travelers Found Safe After Nepal Floods
Flash floods in Nepal caused many people to go missing.
Thirty-nine people from West Bengal were reported missing.
Two people from one family were later contacted and found safe.
Reports placed them near Birgunj, while another account said they were in Kathmandu.
The other 37 people had not been contacted.
Some had traveled as tourists, some on pilgrimage, and some along the Kailash Mansarovar route.
Families asked for a WhatsApp group with regular updates and photographs of rescued people.
The West Bengal government said it would help relatives who want to travel to Nepal or Tibet.
Officials said the floods followed an ice-rock landslide that blocked a river near Nepal’s border with China.
Two of 39 people from West Bengal reported missing after Nepal’s flash floods were found safe, while 37 remained untraced.
The two survivors were reported near Birgunj, while another account said they were rescued and in Kathmandu.
The Indian High Commission confirmed that 32 West Bengal tourists traveling with a tourism company remained untraced.
West Bengal sought Ministry of External Affairs approval to send an MP, MLA, senior police officer and secretary-level official to Nepal.
Families requested real-time updates and travel assistance; officials cited at least 547 deaths, 320 missing Indians and about 400 people stranded in China.
- Who
- Thirty-nine people from West Bengal, including tourists and pilgrims, were reported missing; two were contacted and 37 remained untraced. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and state officials coordinated the response.
- What
- Authorities are trying to trace missing West Bengal residents after Nepal’s flash floods and are seeking approval to send a state team.
- When
- The update was given on Friday, more than two days after the floods.
- Where
- The disaster occurred in Nepal near the border with China. The two contacted survivors were reported near Birgunj in one account and in Kathmandu in another.
- Why
- An ice-rock landslide blocked a river and triggered flash floods, disrupting travel and communications.
- People from West Bengal initially reported missing
- 39
- People contacted and found safe
- 2 from one family
- People from West Bengal still untraced
- 37
- West Bengal tourists listed by the Indian High Commission as untraced
- 32
- Proposed state team
- One MP, one MLA, an inspector general-rank police officer, and a secretary or joint secretary-rank official
- Reported deaths from the floods
- At least 547
- Other reported impacts
- At least 320 Indians remained missing and about 400 people were stranded on the Chinese side
