Nepal flash floods: Six-year-old rescued alive from debris after three days

KATHMANDU: A six-year-old girl who had been trapped for three days under the debris caused by flash floods in Nepal has been rescued. The child was rescued from Timure village in Rasuwa district. She was found buried beneath the mud and debris. An armed police team found her during a search for people missing after the Bhotekoshi River overflowed and caused severe flooding.

The rescuers heard the girl crying from beneath the mud. They carefully removed the debris and pulled her to safety. After giving her first aid, she was airlifted to Kathmandu for better medical treatment. Visuals of the rescue operations have been released.

Even as Nepal enters the fifth day after the flash floods, more than 3,000 people are reportedly still missing. Unofficial reports say that 704 bodies have been recovered so far, and the death toll is expected to rise. As many as 287 Indians, including eight Malayalees, remain untraced. At least 128 people of Indian origin, including those who had travelled from the Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation for the Mansarovar pilgrimage, are also missing.

933 workers who were employed at various hydropower project sites are yet to be traced. There are growing suspicions that more Indian workers may be trapped inside a tunnel in the Trishuli hydropower project area. Two teams from India specialising in tunnel rescue operations have arrived in Nepal and have begun search operations.