She was about to cross into Tibet for a long-awaited pilgrimage - then her messages stopped
A woman is among hundreds of people missing following devastating flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Her husband remains in distress as communication ceased shortly after she crossed the border for a long-awaited pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
Why it matters
This highlights the human impact of climate-related natural disasters on international travelers and the difficulty of search and rescue operations in remote border regions.
Image source, Sudipto Bhattacharya Image caption, Subhrasree Chakraborty in Kathmandu a day before she set out for the pilgrimage
India correspondent Published 43 minutes ago Early on Wednesday, Sudipto Bhattacharya received what would be the last message from his wife.
It showed a departure stamp in her passport: immigration at the Nepal border was done. We are waiting to enter China, she wrote, at 07:57 (02:27 GMT).
Six minutes later, at 08:03 local time, the messages stopped.
Subhrasree Chakraborty and the group she was travelling with had been waiting to cross into Tibet for the next stage of their pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, the sacred Himalayan home of Hindu god Shiva that Subhrasree had dreamed of visiting for years.
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