A terrible and tragic flash flood has taken place at Gyirong in Tibet - China, and one of our Kailash groups was caught in it. While on their way back, they were at the immigration office when the flood occurred and the building and much of the town seems to have been flooded.
All of us, including the volunteers and support teams are deeply anguished and are doing our utmost to assist in the rescue. There has been no official information on the whereabouts of any of the people who were at the immigration office. We are working with the authorities to see if we can get to the location and stand ready to be part of the rescue efforts, regardless of the risk involved.
Of the 21 groups who are part of our Sojourn, 495 people have already returned safely. 743 people are currently in Tibet, 148 people are in Nepal, and 77 people were at the immigration center, and 3 volunteers in Timure, Nepal.
To the families and loved ones of those in our group and hundreds of others who are affected in the region, I share your pain and we are sparing no effort during this profoundly difficult time. I am personally in the region to ensure the best can be done in the given circumstances 🙏🏽- Sg
#WATCH | Nepal: On several pilgrims and volunteers of Isha Foundation's Sacred Walks (Kailash Mansarovar Yatra) missing or stranded in Nepal amid the flood situation, Maa Gambhiri, Coordinator at Isha Sacred Walks, says, "This was a very unexpected situation that happened because the group was just returning to Kathmandu and they were at the China Immigration Center. When we last spoke to them at 9:05 am, the group leader, Praveen, told us that they had just reached the immigration center and that they were going to start the immigration process. Within 10 minutes, when we tried to contact them again, they were not reachable. This entire tragedy happened within those 10 minutes. We lost touch with the entire group because the entire communication system was down... we've been waiting for an update. On the Nepal side, all the communication systems were down. I think they tried sending some helicopters to get some information. The town on the Nepal side, where 3 of our volunteers were stationed, was completely washed away. A total of 80 people were affected by this. We are still hoping that we will have some information soon from the Chinese authorities, hopefully by tomorrow morning. We are hoping against hope that we will get to hear some good news on this."
Speaking about 77 pilgrims that left stranded amid the flood situation in Nepal, she says, "They were from the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, various countries in Europe, and the UK. We also had people from some of the Asian countries. We had participants from 19 countries. A lot of them were of Indian origin... We have contacted all 19 embassies in India and Nepal. We are in touch with them. They are also looking at how to support us and get some information. But because the tragedy happened in a very remote area and on a very massive scale, I think information is very slow to come by..."
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