Three Indian workers remain missing after Nepal flash floods
The workers from Bihar were building hotels in Syafrubesi when flash floods destroyed much of the settlement on 26 August.
Three Indian migrant workers remain missing after flash floods swept through Syafrubesi, a settlement near Nepal’s Tibet border, on 26 August. Arman Ansari, Samir Ansari and Mukhtar Ansari were working on hotel construction projects when the flooding struck.
Two colleagues, Neyaz Miya and Mehadi Hassan, survived by fleeing uphill. They later returned to search the debris but found no sign of the missing men. The survivors and two teenagers travelled back to India after being evacuated by helicopter and road.
Al Jazeera reported that more than 1,200 bodies had been recovered, at least 4,000 people remained missing and more than 13,000 had been rescued. The figures were reported as recovery operations continued.
The workers had crossed Nepal’s open border from Bihar, where construction wages are lower and regular employment is limited. Miya and Hassan had spent years building interiors for hotels and homes in Syafrubesi, sending money back to their families.
Relatives have submitted DNA samples and searched hospitals for information. Families were also preparing funeral feasts, although the three men had not been formally confirmed dead in the available reporting.
