Nepal floods: Retired school teacher, ex-SAIL employee among those missing from WB
The state police have set up a control room at its headquarters in Bhabani Bhawan. Two helplines 03324793311 and 9147890181 have been launched
On Wednesday morning, retired school teacher Swapan Mondal and his wife Mou Mondal from Basirhat in West Bengal went missing after flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. Mondal had last sent a text message to his colleague Tapas Gupta around 8:30am. The couple was part of a 32-member pilgrims' team that left Kolkata on August 21 and reached Kathmandu the next day.
Subhash Chandra Ghosh, a former SAIL employee and resident of Durgapur in West Burdwan, also went missing. He was alone with the team and last updated his status from Rasuwa around 6:14am. The state administration of West Bengal has requested Nepal to share information on any resident from the state who may have been killed, stranded, missing or rescued in the floods.
The government of West Bengal is actively coordinating with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to facilitate prompt assistance and rescue.
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