Ten people from Assam missing in Nepal floods, including hydropower workers

A total of ten people from Assam, India, have been reported missing in Nepal following devastating floods that struck the region two days ago. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) confirmed that there has been no contact with these individuals since Wednesday, when the floods hit.

Two of the missing individuals, Rituparna Brahma and Mantri Basumatary from the Karbi Anglong district, had traveled to Nepal two weeks prior in search of work at a hydropower project on the Trishuli River. Shatadal Nath, also from Assam, who had been working at the same project for eight months, is also among those unaccounted for.

Other missing persons include retired Gauhati University professor Dipali Sarkar and her husband Manash Kumar Ghosh, who were on a trip to Kailash Mansarovar. A professor from Nalbari Medical College and Hospital, Tirtha Chaliha, is also missing, though the reasons for her travel to Nepal are not yet known. The remaining missing individuals are Arun Mahanta, Pankaj Naug, Rahul Daimary, and Soneshwar Narzary.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Friday that the state government is undertaking all possible efforts to ensure the safe return of all its citizens stranded in Nepal due to the floods. Families of the missing individuals have expressed distress and appealed to the government for assistance in locating their loved ones.

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My son called me on Tuesday. After that there has been no contact with him. I request the state government to locate my son and bring him back.