Kathmandu [Nepal], August 30 (ANI): The total number of bodies recovered following the devastating flash floods in Nepal has reached 788 as of 3 PM on Sunday, Nepal Police announced.
According to the updated data, the highest number of fatalities has been recorded in Chitwan with 264 deaths, followed by Nawalparasi East with 194, Nawalparasi West with 120, Gorkha with 58, Nuwakot with 52, Dhading with 50, Tanahun with 37, and Rasuwa with 13.
Earlier, Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NDRRMA) announced that as of 1 PM, 2,502 individuals remain missing as rescue operations continue across multiple affected areas.
Unidentified bodies are being stored at 21 hospitals nationwide while authorities work on identification procedures.
Out of the total missing persons, NDRRMA stated that 933 are workers from regional hydropower projects, 592 are foreign nationals, and 127 are Nepali citizens travelling with foreign groups.
Dozens of missing reports also include personnel from the Nepal Police, Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Customs Office, and Immigration Office. Authorities report 239 injured individuals are currently receiving care or have been discharged, supported by six surgical medical teams deployed to the disaster zone.
Nearly 20,000 security personnel have been deployed, leading to 8,730 total rescues by ground forces. Air crews have conducted 363 helicopter flights, airlifting 3,081 people, including 236 foreigners, and rescuing 279 individuals directly from a flooded hydropower tunnel over recent days.
NDRRMA further stated that the Government of Nepal has disbursed emergency cash support, including NPR 10 million each to Rasuwa and Nuwakot, NPR 5 million to Dhading, and NPR 67.5 million to 15 local governments.
Relief operations have dispatched 50 transport vehicles alongside eight helicopter flights carrying food, communication units, and emergency supplies to isolated communities such as Uttargaya and Dhunche. Fuel reserves are also being actively managed to sustain continuous air and land operations.
Relief materials are being dispatched from Kathmandu to flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, families and relatives of those missing in the floods continue to reach out to the morgue at Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, where the bodies of victims are being brought.
Agonising uncertainty also continues for the families of workers stranded deep inside the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel, as ongoing search and rescue efforts race against time.
Speaking with ANI, Sher Bahadur Shahi, whose son is trapped in the tunnel, said, "My son is not among the rescued individuals. He is a mechanical engineer on the Trishuli 3A project... They are all trapped inside the tunnel. We haven't been able to communicate with them. The government should have mobilized the necessary capacity and expertise for the rescue operation immediately... Even though the Nepal Army reached the tunnel site, they needed the right capabilities and technicians... Whether it is India or America, everyone is a brother and a neighbor; we are also grateful to the Indian government for the rescue operation."
Earlier on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that four Indian nationals trapped at a hydropower project in Rasuwa were rescued today as search and emergency operations intensify across Nepal following catastrophic flash flooding.
The rescued individuals, identified by the Ministry as Ripu Kumar, Chaneshwar Narzary, Kripa Shankar, and Mohammed Minhajuddin, are being transported to Kathmandu. (ANI)
Nepal floods death toll climbs to 788, over 2500 missing as rescue operations continue
