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Modi offers Nepal aid as 105 Indians go missing
The Hindu··27 Aug
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Wednesday and offered all possible humanitarian assistance after flash floods struck Rasuwa district. The Indian Air Force will send two aircraft with relief material from Hindon Air Base. Nepal's tourism board said 384 travellers are missing, including 105 Indians and 37 non-resident Indians. Most were travelling to Kailash Manasarovar.
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What It Means For You
- Families of the 105 missing Indians are being handled through the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
- A C-130 leaves Hindon Air Base on Wednesday night and a C-17 follows on Thursday morning.
- Most of those missing were on the Kailash Manasarovar route, so pilgrim traffic is directly affected.
What's Happening
- Modi said India stands in solidarity with Nepal and that teams are coordinating on rescue and relief.
- Nepal Tourism Board counted 384 missing travellers, 291 foreign nationals and 93 Nepalese.
- Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge both urged the government to help locate missing Indians.
The Wider Response
- The flood began at the Nepal-China border and moved down the Bhote Koshi through Rasuwa and Chitwan.
- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake sent a condolence message to Nepal.
- Nepal's last disaster on this scale was the 2015 earthquake.
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