Kathmandu, August 27, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
As many as 290 Indian nationals remain out of contact following the devastating floods in Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday, as search and rescue operations continued across several affected districts.
The MEA said 63 Indian workers at the Trishuli-I project in Rasuwa district were among those affected. The group includes 21 people from Tamil Nadu who had travelled to Nepal in connection with the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
The Ministry also released a list of Indian nationals who have been rescued. They include Sumit Kumar Khare, Mukesh Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Jashmant Singh, Chandan Tiwari, Devan Kumar Shah, Amrendra Kumar Yadav, Om Prakash Yadav, Sampat Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Thakur, Jay Hansda, Sunil Kumar Singh, Upendra Barnmal, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Neeraj Kumar Patel, Sanover Alam, Upendra Bhasin, Yogesh Kumar, Md Akram Alam, Md Inzamamul Haque, Abhishek Kumar, Abhishek Yadav, Mangal Singh, Pankaj Kumar Shah, Nilesh Kumar, Ashutosh Mankopadhyay, Lakshman Tiwari and Ganguli Patel.
Other rescued Indians identified by the MEA include Indrajeet Kumar, Gyan Singh, Jay Krishna, Shahrukh, Nipindra Mandal, Saddam Hussain, Raj Kumar Tiwari, Alok Kumar Shah, Arun Kumar Shah, Satyendra Kumar Singh, Bittu Kumar, Adi Abed Basumatary, KK Pandey, Abhishek Tiwari, Akash, Pradeep, Ranjan Kumar, Pavan Lodhi, Anil, Vijay Prasad, Narayan Bahadur, Janmejay Singh, Sunil Giri, Roshan Kumar, Vishamer Singh, Suhail Mustafa, Nilesh, Pramod Gupta, Jitendar Ram, Nitesh Kumar Singh, Nijauadin, Kavi Kumar and Rohit Verma.
Rasuwa and Nuwakot are among the worst-hit districts following the floods, which were reportedly triggered by an avalanche on a transboundary river between Nepal and China upstream of the Bhote Koshi river.
By Thursday afternoon, Nepal Police said 644 people were missing, including 517 foreign nationals. The missing foreign nationals include 53 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 35 Australians, 33 Britons and 25 Canadians, besides nationals of several other countries.
The list also included nine Singaporeans, eight Russians, eight Germans, six Latvians, six South Africans, five Japanese, five New Zealanders, four French nationals, three Belgians, three Spaniards, two Dutch nationals, two Kazakhs, two Portuguese, two Irish and two Italians. One person each from several other countries, including the Philippines, Finland, Belarus, Sweden, Serbia, Switzerland, Israel, Lithuania and Bulgaria, was also reported missing.
Nepal Police said 127 Nepali nationals were among those reported missing.
The US State Department said it was aware of around 90 Americans who may have been affected. Three US citizens had been safely rescued and no American deaths had been reported at that point, it said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said nearly 100 Chinese nationals remained missing on the Nepalese side following Wednesday’s mudslide.
Meanwhile, rescue teams continued operations in flood-hit areas, searching for missing people and those believed to have been swept away or buried under mud and debris.
The floods have caused extensive damage along the Bhote Koshi and downstream river systems, affecting settlements, roads, bridges, hydropower projects and other critical infrastructure.
Police said 389 bodies had been recovered so far. Chitwan recorded the highest number of recovered bodies at 137, followed by Nawalparasi East with 87 and Dhading with 33.
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