{"id":17173,"date":"2026-08-27T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17173"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:56:25","slug":"took-off-for-kathmandu-blissfully-unaware-shashi-tharoor-on-deadly-nepal-floods-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17173","title":{"rendered":"‘Took off for Kathmandu blissfully unaware’: Shashi Tharoor on deadly Nepal floods | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tharoor said he was \u201cblissfully unaware\u201d of the devastation caused by a sudden flash flood in Nepal<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor<\/a> on Thursday said that he was \u201cblissfully unaware\u201d of the devastation caused by a sudden flash flood in Nepal\u2019s Rasuwa district when he left for Kathmandu on Wednesday.“A severe, sudden flash flood struck northern Nepal\u2019s Rasuwa district near the Tibet border, causing widespread destruction along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. Global warming and\/or an earthquake in Tibet may have caused a large chunk of a glacier to break off and fall into the valley below, experts surmise,” Tharoor said in a post on X.Tharoor added that the flooding had destroyed at least 19 motorable bridges and washed away around 40 km of the Betrawati\u2013Rasuwagadhi highway. Eight operational hydropower projects were also reported to have sustained heavy damage.Tharoor said he supported the Indian government\u2019s immediate pledge of relief assistance to Nepal, adding that the country would need substantial help in responding to the destruction.He also expressed concern over the loss of life and those still missing, including Indians affected by the disaster.“I fully support the Indian government\u2019s immediate pledge of relief assistance. Nepal needs all the help it can get. My heart goes out to the victims and their loved ones, who include large numbers of Indian tourists, including a hundred performing the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra. Prayers for the missing; may they be rescued soon,” Tharoor said.The disaster has left at least 270 people dead and 826 missing in Nepal, while three people have died and 558 remain unaccounted for in Tibet, according to authorities.The scale of destruction has hampered rescue operations, with Nepalese officials reporting that dozens of bridges were destroyed and nearly 40 kilometres (25 miles) of roads damaged.The Nepalese Army launched helicopter operations on Thursday morning, rescuing more than 100 people from flood-affected areas, army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said. At least eight foreign nationals were also airlifted to Kathmandu, while army teams evacuated people trapped inside facilities associated with the Trishuli hydropower project.India is also coordinating efforts to assist its nationals stranded in the affected areas. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said five major groups, comprising around 288 Indian nationals, had been identified.\u201c The first group of 73 people who are working on the Trishuli-1 power project. Then, two separate groups of 37 and 49 nationals from Tamil Nadu, who traveled for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Samrat and Fly Everest Travels. There is a group of 32 Indian nationals from West Bengal who traveled with the help of Samrat Travels in Timure, which is in Rasuwa district.\u201d\u201cThen, a group of 61 Indian nationals from different states and then a group of 33 Indian nationals from Kerala. These are five major groups who comprise, by and large, 288 people that we are talking about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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