Kathmandu. As many as 1,385 bodies and human limbs have been recovered so far as search and rescue operations are underway after the floods in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa. Nepal Police has released the latest data and released the latest status of search, rescue and management. Some banks and financial institutions are continuing the search for the banker.
According to the updated police data, 542 of the bodies recovered are men and 338 are women, while 505 partial human parts have been found. Out of the bodies found, 103 bodies have been identified and handed over to their relatives, while 1,148 bodies have been safely disposed of underground. Similarly, 1,326 unidentified details have been uploaded on the website. A total of 2,998 DNA samples have been collected for the identification of the bodies, including 1,286 of the deceased and 1,712 of the relatives of the deceased.
So far, 4,089 people have gone missing due to the floods. Of the missing, 3,479 are domestic nationals (2,907 male and 572 female) and 610 foreign nationals (272 male, 328 female and 10 others). A total of 9,287 people have been rescued so far from injured and affected under emergency rescue operations. Of these, 6,407 are male, 2,830 female and 50 are unidentified. Of the rescued people, 3,176 are currently in various holding centres.
A total of 7,875 police personnel have been deployed for search and rescue operations in the affected areas. As many as 25 police personnel are still incommunicado and 65 police personnel have been affected.
Similarly, a total of 166 public awareness programs have been conducted in the disaster risk reduction and awareness raising areas in which 45,238 local people participated.
