Kathmandu, Nepal, August 30 (ANI): The number of bodies recovered following the devastating flash floods in Nepal has reached 788 as of 3 p.m. Sunday, Nepal Police said.
According to updated data, Chitwan recorded the highest number of fatalities with 264 deaths, followed by Nawalparasi East with 194, Nawalparasi West with 120, Gorkha with 58, Nuwakot with 52, Dhading with 50, Tanahun with 37 and Rasuwa with 13.
Earlier, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said that as of 1 p.m., 2,502 people remained missing as rescue operations continued across multiple affected areas.
Unidentified bodies are being kept at 21 hospitals nationwide as authorities work to establish their identities.
Of those reported missing, 933 are workers from regional hydropower projects, 592 are foreign nationals and 127 are Nepali citizens traveling with foreign groups. Missing reports also include personnel from the Nepal Police, Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Customs Office and Immigration Office.
Authorities said 239 injured people are currently receiving medical care or have been discharged, with six surgical medical teams deployed to the disaster zone.
Nearly 20,000 security personnel have been deployed, resulting in 8,730 rescues by ground forces. Air crews have conducted 363 helicopter flights, evacuating 3,081 people, including 236 foreigners, and rescuing 279 individuals directly from a flooded hydropower tunnel in recent days.
NDRRMA said the Nepalese government has distributed emergency cash assistance, including NPR 10 million each to Rasuwa and Nuwakot, NPR 5 million to Dhading and NPR 67.5 million to 15 local governments.
Relief operations have dispatched 50 transport vehicles and eight helicopter flights carrying food, communication equipment and emergency supplies to isolated communities, including Uttargaya and Dhunche. Fuel reserves are also being managed to sustain continuous air and ground operations.
Relief materials are being transported from Kathmandu to flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, families and relatives of missing people continue to visit the morgue at Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, where the bodies of victims are being brought.
Uncertainty also continues for families of workers stranded deep inside the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel as search-and-rescue teams race against time.
Speaking to ANI, Sher Bahadur Shahi, whose son is trapped inside the tunnel, said his son, a mechanical engineer at the Trishuli 3A project, was among those still awaiting rescue.
“My son is not among the rescued individuals. He is a mechanical engineer on the Trishuli 3A project… They are all trapped inside the tunnel. We haven’t been able to communicate with them,” Shahi said.
He urged the government to mobilize the necessary expertise and resources for the rescue operation, saying that while the Nepal Army had reached the tunnel site, additional technical capabilities were needed.
“Whether it is India or America, everyone is a brother and a neighbor; we are also grateful to the Indian government for the rescue operation,” he added.
Earlier Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said four Indian nationals trapped at a hydropower project in Rasuwa had been rescued as search-and-rescue operations intensified following the catastrophic flooding.
The rescued individuals were identified as Ripu Kumar, Chaneshwar Narzary, Kripa Shankar and Mohammed Minhajuddin. They are being transported to Kathmandu. (ANI)
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