India Working With Nepal Army To Find Missing Tourists After Floods: Envoy
The Indian embassy in Nepal is coordinating with local authorities to locate missing Indian citizens following catastrophic flash floods. Rescue efforts are complicated by ongoing risks of further flooding from a breached barrier lake.
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Diplomatic coordination is critical during cross-border natural disasters to ensure the safety and repatriation of stranded foreign nationals.
The Indian embassy in Nepal is making full efforts to locate and rescue missing countrymen in the aftermath of devastating flash floods that hit the country earlier this week.Naveen Srivastava, India's envoy to Nepal, told NDTV on Friday that the Indian embassy was "working with Nepal's Army and several other agencies" to locate missing tourists."We are communicating with the Nepalese army and sharing whatever information we have about missing Indians," Srivastava saidTalking about the 21 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu who had been rescued on Thursday, he said, "They were brought to Kathmandu yesterday.
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