A total of 26 residents of Karnataka, including people from Bengaluru and surrounding areas, remain unreachable after severe floods and landslides in Nepal, according to information released by the Karnataka government on Monday.
The affected group includes residents from several parts of the state, with most of those listed understood to be from Bengaluru and its wider metropolitan area. The government information, reported by Prajavani, did not provide details about the locations in Nepal where the individuals were last known to be, or confirm whether any of them had been rescued or found.
The list includes residents of neighbourhoods across Bengaluru, including Girinagar, Jayanagar, Tigalarapalya, Hoodi, Whitefield, HSR Layout, T.R. Nagar, Rajajinagar, C.V. Raman Nagar and Vijayanagar. It also includes people identified as being from Dharwad and Udupi districts. Some of those listed are residents of Singapore or the United States, while their connections to Karnataka were recorded in the government information.
Among the names included are Srinivasa Sudhir Rangu, 45, of Girinagar; Nellai Palli Ramakrishnan Kothandaraman, 67, and Rema Kothandaraman, 64, listed as Bengaluru residents; Anagha Annamdevar, 49, and Venkatram Annamdevar, 52, associated with Tigalarapalya, Hoodi and Whitefield; and Vaithiyanathan Shankar, 62, of Jayanagar’s Ninth Block.
The list also names Shivaprasad Rakesh Naik, 39, from Dharwad; Mamata Suvarna, 36, from Udupi district; and several other Bengaluru residents, including people from HSR Layout, T.R. Nagar, Rajajinagar, C.V. Raman Nagar and other localities. The information records ages for most individuals, while the ages of some people were not available.
The report does not establish whether all 26 people were travelling together or were affected by the same flood or landslide incident. It also does not specify the number of people in the group who are tourists, residents of Nepal or travellers transiting through the country. Those details were not included in the information available in the report.
Flooding and landslides in Nepal have disrupted movement and communications in affected areas, but the supplied information does not provide details of the damage, affected districts, rescue operations or the response by Nepali authorities. It also does not state whether Karnataka officials have established contact with Indian diplomatic authorities or families of the missing residents.
The Karnataka government’s next steps, including confirmation of the identities, coordination with authorities in Nepal and updates on the status of the 26 people, remain awaited.
