Photocredit: Social Media/ Flash flood strucking Rasuwa district
Journalists Tekraj Thami, Shekhar Dhungana and Suresh Simkhada have reportedly been missing since August 26 following the flash flood in Rasuwa district, Bagmati Province.
Thami is a senior reporter at Nayapatrika national daily and Simkhada is publisher at Shilapatra.com.
Photojournalist Dipendra Dhungana of Nayapatrika informed Freedom Forum (FF) that reporter Thami had travelled to Tibet through Kerung, a border town to attend an event. According to Thami’s family, he has been out of contact since August 26, Dhungana said.
Federation of Nepali Journalists Bhaktapur Chapter President Sundar Shilpakar informed FF that reporter Dhungana was on a family trip to Kailash Mansarovar. He has been out of contact since yesterday.
According to Managing Director at Shilapatra online, Binay Khakural, Simkhada was also on a family trip to Kailash Mansarovar and has been out of contact since August 26.
Meanwhile, the family members of journalists Nirajan Paudel (Ratopati.com) and Bidhya Rajput have reportedly been missing in Nuwakot since August 26. Both Paudel and Rajput have appealed through social media to the concerned authorities to help locate five members of his family.
A massive flash flood that hit Rasuwa on August 26 has caused significant casualties and damage to infrastructure in Rasuwa, Dhading and Nuwakot districts. Due to power outages in the affected areas, local media operation have also been disrupted.
FF is in regular contact with local journalists and journalists reporting from the affected areas.
FF is deeply saddened by the loss of life in the affected regions and has serious concern over the reports of missing journalists and their family members.
We urge the concerned authorities to intensify search and rescue efforts in the affected areas and locate those who are missing.
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