Nepal’s flood tragedy is being felt in India. Hundreds of people have died in that country due to devastating floods. Many are missing. Now their bodies are floating in rivers in India downstream. In the last two days, 10 bodies have been found in rivers in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. Officials suspect that these bodies are floating in India from flood-affected Nepal.
Six bodies were found in the Gandak river in Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts, which border Nepal. The details of the deceased and the whereabouts of their families are yet to be known. Three bodies were found in the high flow of the river in Maharajganj on Thursday. Two of them were women. A rescue team of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which is monitoring the river and its surrounding areas, recovered the bodies and shifted them to the morgue.
The Gandak River enters India from the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems that caused floods in Nepal. The Bhotekoshi river, which originates in Tibel, joins the Trishuli river. After that, this river system enters India as the Gandak. With this, the bodies of those who died in the Nepal floods are visible in this river. Three more bodies were found in the Gandak river in Kushinagar district on Friday.
Along with the bodies, a huge amount of debris, vehicles, household goods, gas cylinders, drums, furniture, and tree trunks are being swept into the Gandak river. Locals are reaching the river banks in large numbers to remove these. Authorities are warning them as the river is in a state of emergency.
