Kathmandu, Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after the devastating flash floods, as the death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday with more than 4,700 missing.
An estimated 280 children are missing in Rasuwa, and between 300 and 350 others remain unaccounted for in the neighbouring Nuwakot in central Nepal, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported, citing figures compiled by local Education Development and Coordination Units , local governments, and educational institutions. We estimate that at least 300 pupils are missing in our district.” “Although a few missing students have been located, new reports of unaccounted-for children continue to arrive from various schools.
In Bidur Municipality of Nuwakot alone, roughly 250 children are missing since the floods hit, according to Navaraj Sapkota, school inspector of the municipality’s education unit. Bidur houses 170 educational institutions-142 community schools and 28 private schools. Rasuwa reported 16 missing teachers-15 from community schools and one from a private institution-while Nuwakot confirmed six missing teachers, according to Kathmandu Post.
In some cases, we have located surviving parents who cannot find their children, while in other instances, surviving students are searching for missing parents,” said Sapkota. “The situation on the ground is deeply distressing.
