Ten Nepalis from Ilam have reportedly gone missing in the recent Sikkim disaster. Preliminary information is that they are from Ilam municipality-9 and have gone missing in the Teesta River flooding in Sikkim since October 4. It is said they went Sikkim in connection of work and are not touch with their families since the incident.
According to Chief District Officer of Ilam, Shrawan Kumar Pokhrel, the missing individuals include Sen Bahadur Karki aka Sanu, Lakpa Sherpa, Naramaya Basnet, Khusi Basnet, Kumar Basnet, and others. All of them are from ward no 9 of Ilam Municipality in the district, according to the District Administration Office, Ilam.
As the CDO briefed, they have already received reports about the disappearance of Karki and Sherpa, while news about the missing of others was reported of late by media in Sikkim.
The area is presently unreachable by any means of available communications due to disruptions of telephone and electricity services since the disaster. The CDO said that the district administration is in regular contact with security forces in Sikkim, and Indian authorities have launched rescue efforts for the missing people.
The District Administration Office, Ilam requested the Indian security agencies for the search of the missing Nepalis, said CDO of Ilam, Shrawan Kumar Pokharel.
The Indian security agencies apprised the Nepali side that the contact could not be established with the missing ones in the flood-hit area since the telephone and electricity services have been disrupted in the area since the disaster, according to CDO Pokharel.
