As of Friday, there is no new information regarding the 77 pilgrims from the Isha Foundation who went missing after a significant flash flood impacted regions near the China-Nepal border two days ago. The group’s coordinator confirmed the lack of updates on their whereabouts.
It is an emotional turmoil for them,” she added. The Isha Foundation organises multiple Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimages each season. Groups travel from Kathmandu through Nepal to Tibet, with trekking on foot as part of the pilgrimage. The group was at the immigration office in Gyirong when the flood struck, reportedly inundating the building and much of the town.
The 77-member group, led by Isha Foundation, an organisation founded by Indian spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev, Sadhguru, has remained out of contact. She said they had participants from 19 nationalities and they reached out to every embassy in India, China and Nepal to get all the support they could. “There has been no update on the 77 missing Isha Foundation pilgrims for the last two days. “There are 77 families waiting desperately for the answers. The missing pilgrims include 22 from the US, 12 from Canada, 11 from Australia, nine from the UK, four from Germany, three each from France and Nepal, two each from the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain, and one each from Finland, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia and South Africa. At least 579 people have been killed in the devastation, with nearly a thousand missing. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.), according to Nepal police.
Maa Gambhiri, a coordinator at the group, told PTI that Sadhguru wanted to visit Gyirong, the ground zero of the disaster, to help but did not get the necessary approval. She said they also reached out to various offices and ministries in India and Nepal to get any information and help. The rescue teams are on the ground but there is still no information yet,” she said. Three volunteers were stuck in Timure, Nepal, he said.
