Nepal Plans Mass Burials For Flood Victims As Mortuaries Overfill
· World · Indian Express, Hindustan Times
The Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs decided to proceed with mass burials for unidentified victims as mortuaries ran severely short of space following devastating flash floods. Kathmandu served as the main collection centre for bodies recovered downstream along the Trishuli River basin after a glacial collapse near the Tibet border triggered the disaster. Official figures confirmed 752 deaths, with approximately 2,500 people remaining missing across the Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts. Authorities stated that DNA samples are being preserved from all unclaimed bodies so that relatives can later exhume them for traditional religious rites. Search-and-rescue teams from India and China arrived to assist local operations, evacuating around 400 people from affected hydroelectric project sites.
Why it matters
The severe mortuary capacity crisis underscores the immense scale of the humanitarian disaster affecting families searching for missing relatives in Nepal.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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