Appeal to search for Nepalis missing in Sikkim

The local administration in Ilam district has appealed with the Indians security agencies to help search five Nepalis reportedly missing in the floods that took place in Sikkim state of India.

The missing people are Sen Bahadur Karki, Lakpa Sherpa, Narmaya Basnet, Khusi Basnet and Kumar Basnet. All of them are from ward no 9 of Ilam Municipality in the district, according to the District Administration Office, Ilam.

They had gone to work in the area nearby Tista River and suddenly went out of contact following the devastating floods in the Tista River on October 4.

The District Administration Office, Ilam requested the Indian security agencies for the search of the missing Nepalis, said CDO of Ilam, Shrawan Kumar Pokharel.

The Indians security agency apprised the Nepali side that the contact could not be established with the missing ones in the flood-hit area since the telephone and electricity services have been disrupted in the area since the disaster, according to CDO Pokharel.