Medininagar, Aug 28 (PTI) Another person from Jharkhand has been left stranded in flash-flood-hit Nepal, with his family seeking intervention from the Palamu district administration to trace and rescue him, an official said on Friday.
Mahendra Vishwakarma, a resident of Barwadih village under the Mohammadganj police station limits, had gone to Nepal two months ago to work on a hydropower project.
His wife Kalavati Devi (44) told PTI that she submitted an application at the police station on Thursday, urging the authorities to trace her husband at the earliest.
“My husband had gone to Nepal two months ago. He was working there at ANDRITZ Hydropower Pvt Ltd, which is located in Baneshwar, Kathmandu. I last spoke with him on August 25 around 9:30 pm. The next morning he called around 8:07 am, but I could not pick up the call. Since then, we have not been able to contact him,” she said.
She said the family has been spending sleepless nights, not even eating properly, while waiting to know about Mahendra’s well-being.
“I urge the district administration and the state government to make me talk to my husband or take me to him,” the woman said.
His father Naresh Vishwakarma said there had been no contact with Mahendra for the past two days. He is the eldest among three sons.
Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said, “The family has informed the police. Their application is being forwarded to higher officials through appropriate channels to trace him.” Earlier, a 41-year-old man from Jharkhand capital Ranchi was stranded in Nepal, with his family seeking the Centre’s intervention to rescue him.
Ramprasad Ghosh, a resident of Hyder Ali Road in Ranchi, had gone to Kathmandu two months ago to work on another hydropower project.
The Nepal floods were triggered after an ice-rock landslide blocked a river near the country’s border with China. The floods have affected several districts and left at least 547 dead, according to Nepal’s disaster management authorities. PTI CORR RPS RBT
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