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170 people from Nepal’s Madhesh Province remain uncontacted after flood as families plead for help
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170 people from Nepal’s Madhesh Province remain uncontacted after flood as families plead for help

From OnlineKhabar English · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • One-month-old daughter’s father Ajay Prasad Singh, an engineer at the Dosan Hydropower Project, has remained out of contact since the flood struck Bhotekoshi in Rasuwa on Aug. 27.
  • Another engineer, Ajay Kumar Yadav, has also been uncontactable, while relatives continue to appeal to authorities and search for missing family members.
  • A total of 170 people from eight Madhesh districts remained uncontacted on Sunday, along with three Madhesh police personnel and two Nepal Army personnel.

Puja Singh gave birth to a daughter only a month ago. Since the Bhotekoshi flood struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district on Aug. 27, she has been searching social media and news reports for word of her husband, engineer Ajay Prasad Singh.

Singh, 30, from Kamala Municipality in Dhanusha, worked at the Dosan Hydropower Project and has not been contacted since the flood. Puja appealed for rescue teams to reach the area around his camp, particularly its northwest side. “I still believe he’s waiting to be rescued. May God keep him safe wherever he is. Please send a rescue team to him as quickly as possible,” she wrote on social media.

Another engineer, Ajay Kumar Yadav of Saptari, has also remained uncontactable. He worked at a school in Uttargaya Rural Municipality, Rasuwa. His brother, Shyam Sundar Yadav, travelled to the district to search for him and appealed online for help.

Another day has passed, and still no news of my husband. Rescue teams still haven’t reached the area around his camp, especially the northwest side, and no information has come from there.

— Puja SinghShe appealed on social media for rescuers to reach her husband’s camp.

Their families’ fears are shared across Madhesh Province. As of Sunday, 170 people from eight districts remained out of contact. The total included 48 from Saptari, 38 from Parsa, 23 from Bara, 13 from Rautahat, 16 from Sarlahi, 17 from Mahottari, seven from Dhanusha and eight from Siraha. Relatives have appealed to authorities, posted on social media and, in some cases, travelled to the disaster site themselves.

Police personnel were also affected. Nine Madhesh Province police officers deployed in Rasuwa lost contact, six of whom were later reached, leaving three missing. Two Nepal Army personnel, from Rautahat and Bara, also remained uncontacted. Some others were reached, including one police officer who reported a leg injury and another person rescued on Aug. 29.

I still believe he’s waiting to be rescued. May God keep him safe wherever he is. Please send a rescue team to him as quickly as possible.

— Puja SinghShe expressed hope that her husband remained alive and urged authorities to act.
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Originally published by OnlineKhabar English in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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