1‚000 plus rescued from India arrive home thehimalayantimes/fullNews.php?headline=1%26sbquo%3B000+plus+rescued+from+India+arrive+home+&NewsID=381094 NEPALGUNJ: More than 1,000 of the 6,000-plus Nepalis who had been stranded for days due to floods and landslides in the popular Hindu pilgrimage sites of Badrinath and Kedarnath of India, arrived in Nepalgunj today. The Indian government had rescued and sent them home. Sub-inspector Harihar Khadka of Area Police Office, Jamunaha, confirmed the arrival, saying about 1,000 persons in groups of 15 to 20 had returned and the remaining would be arriving in a few days. Most of the returnees are migrant workers from Kalikot, Rukum, Rolpa, Jajarkot and Surkhet. “After rescuing us, the authorities there got us on board a bus and sent us here for free,” said Mangal Damai of Rukum. Banke Chief District Officer Jiban Kumar Oli said his office provided the returnees travel and food expenses and sent them home. Some stranded Nepalis had also been airlifted by Indian authorities. Meanwhile, a team of the Nepali pilgrims, who had been stranded on their way to Badrinath, have arrived in Mahendranagar through the Gaddachowki entry point. Seventeen men and 16 women of Kavre headed home from Mahendranagar today. They had been stranded since June 16 near Pandukeshwor. They said Indian army personnel had rescued them with the help of ropes. They further informed that 34 other pilgrims from Banepa, were still stranded in Pandukeshwor. Four more dead, 40 missing NEPALGUNJ: Four more persons of Salyan, who earned their livelihood as porters for pilgrims heading to Kedarnath, have lost their lives in the floods and landslides. With this, the total toll in Salyan alone has reached 11. Forty others have gone missing. The deceased have been identified as Lokraj Oli, Resham Oli and Kul Bahadur Oli of Kotwara, and Shibaraj Oli of Bafukhola. — Survivor recounts the horrible experience NEPALGUNJ: Chandra Bahadur Oli, 55, still can’t believe he has come back alive from Gaurikund. Oli, from Salyan district, was in Gaurikund of Uttarakhand with his brother and friends when the massive deluge occurred on June 17. Oli and others were sheltering in Gaurikund when disaster struck. “A huge number of people had taken refuge in the gorges and ravines there,” he told THT after arriving in Nepalgunj on Saturday. “We never thought we would survive. Though I was saved, I lost my brother Shibaraj and three friends,” he added. Oli left Gaurikund with a heavy heart. “I was also caught up in the raging waters of the river. I remember holding on to a log, and then I passed out. When I regained consciousness I was covered in a blanket.” The recovered bodies were cremated in Gaurikund. “I don’t know what happened to five of my companions. We couldn’t find them. Only Nandalal, Rupalal and I survived” Oli said. About 40 persons from Salyan district alone have been swept away. According to him, scores of people are still awaiting rescue in the jungle area.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 03:45:42 +0000
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