New Delhi, August 27: A total of 21 Indian citizens have been rescued from Timure, Nepal, as confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday. The ministry released a list of the rescued individuals, all of whom hail from Tamil Nadu and were on a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar.
The MEA shared the news on the social media platform X, detailing the names of those rescued: Shivaranjani Muthunathan, Karpagam Rajmohan, Maran Govindasamy, Shanti Maran, Muthukumaresan Ramalingam, Navu Kabirdas, Vijaybhavaneshwari Vishwanathan, Maithili Muthukumaresan, Tyagarajan Rathinam, Kirubagari Balasubramaniam, Vallinayaki Shivakumar, Sathiya Jayaraman, Thirumavalvan Govindarasu, Kanagasabai Natesapillai, Radhai Kanagasabai, Rathinakumar Kunchithapatham, Punguzhali Ponnambalam, Pazhaniyappan Maikaperumal, Kalimuthi Pazhaniyappan, and Raghunathan Muniraj.
According to the MEA, the list of rescued Indians was compiled by 1 PM on August 27, 2026. During a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that contact has not been established with 288 other Indians, including 73 individuals working on the Trishuli-1 power project. Efforts are ongoing to reach approximately 200 Indians stranded in Tibet.
Jaiswal also emphasized that India will continue to provide all possible assistance to manage the situation arising from flash floods in Nepal. In response to Nepal’s request, India is sending relief materials and a Bailey bridge. The MEA has set up a 24-hour control room and established helplines at the Indian embassies in Kathmandu and Beijing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences to Nepal’s Prime Minister over the phone and assured all possible support. The death toll from the flash floods that struck the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning has reached 270, as reported by Nepal Police through social media posts.
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