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Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians

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Agarwala, V. (2026, October 6). Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians. Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-ends-flood-search-with-over-5000-still-missing-including-189-indians/articleshow/134720060.cms

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Times of India · collected 2026-10-06 · by Vishant Agarwala

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Nepal has suspended search operations for those missing after the Aug 26 floods, which claimed 1,455 lives and left 5,285 people unaccounted for, including 189 Indians. The decision to halt searches was made at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Balendra Shah and follows recommendations from various committees and inspection teams. With the shift towards reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, Nepal plans to allocate over Rs 559 billion for recovery programs.
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Nepal ended search and rescue operations on October 5, 2026, more than a month after devastating floods that killed at least 1,455 people and left over 5,285 missing. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) chief, Dharam Raj Uprety, stated that while active searches would stop, authorities will still recover remains or property found during the rehabilitation process. Prime Minister Balendra Shah's office officially suspended non-essential search operations, shifting focus to reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. The government plans to amend laws to facilitate death registration for those missing, allowing families access to relief funds and compensation. Survivors like Madan Lal Lawat in Kathmandu are now forced to honor the dead through symbolic rituals due to the inability to recover bodies or declare deaths legally within Nepal's 12-year presumption period.

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Vishant Agarwala
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Indian Indians NDRRMA Nepal Nepalese

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Indian NORP · 2× Indians NORP · 2× NDRRMA ORG · 2× Nepal GPE · 2× Nepalese NORP · 2× Americans NORP · 1× Balendra Shah PERSON · 1× Malaysians NORP · 1× National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ORG · 1× National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority ORG · 1×

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The council recommended that the finance ministry approve Nepalese Rs 559 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) for 504 reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes submitted by ministries and agencies, with NDRRMA tasked with seeking additional funds for projects whose costs were yet to be assessed.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-06
2026-10-06 · Times of India
Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians · assertive framing

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Nepal on Monday suspended all non-essential search and rescue operations 40 days after the Aug 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods, which left 1,455 people dead and 5,285 missing. asserted
5,285 → suspend → people
It is now shifting focus to reconstruction and rehabilitation. asserted
It → shift → reconstruction
Those still unaccounted for include 189 Indians and dozens of people of Indian origin holding foreign passports. asserted
Those → include → passports
The decision was taken at a meeting of National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, chaired by PM Balendra Shah. asserted
decision → take → Shah
It followed recommendations from district disaster management committees, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) and teams that inspected flood-hit areas. asserted
that → follow → areas
The council recommended that the finance ministry approve Nepalese Rs 559 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) for 504 reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes submitted by ministries and agencies, with NDRRMA tasked with seeking additional funds for projects whose costs were yet to be assessed. asserted
costs → recommend → projects
Latest data from Nepal's tourism department showed 606 foreign tourists from 36 countries missing. asserted
tourists → show → countries
Indians formed the largest group at 189, followed by 65 Americans, 55 Malaysians, 54 Ukrainians, 37 Chinese, 33 each from Australia and Latvia, 32 British nationals and 30 Canadians. asserted
Indians → form → Australia
Another 188 Nepalese tourists were also missing. asserted
tourists → miss → ?
Separately compiled figures from Indian states showed 85 missing from Tamil Nadu, 37 from West Bengal, 30 from Gujarat, 25 from Telangana, 22 from UP, 13 each from Karnataka and Andhra, 12 from Bihar, over 10 from Maharashtra and four from Odisha. asserted
figures → compile → Odisha
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