10 people from Assam, including hydropower workers, missing after Nepal floods
Ten people from Assam have been missing since devastating floods hit Nepal, with the state government making efforts to trace and bring them back safely.
Ten individuals from Assam, including hydropower construction workers, have gone missing since severe floods ravaged Nepal two days ago, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority. The victims, who had traveled to Nepal for hydropower project jobs, include residents from Nalbari, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, and Hojai districts.
Among the missing are Rituparna Brahma and Mantri Basumatary, both originally from Karbi Anglong and who journeyed to Nepal two weeks ago for work at a hydropower project on the Trishuli River. Shatadal Nath from Hojai, who had been in Nepal for eight months working at the same Trishuli River project, is also among the missing. Assam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, assured that the government is doing everything possible to ensure the safe return of the stranded individuals.
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