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While a group of 20 tourists from Mysuru on North India tour are reported safe, another group of four tourists from the city have remained incommunicado after the Nepal earthquake, causing anxiety among their family members.
The 20-member group from Bogadi, Paduvarahalli and other localities, who were on a pilgrimage to holy places in North India have reached Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. On Saturday, they had left Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, much before the catastrophe struck that nation. They are expected to arrive in the city on April 30, according to BJP leader Mahdev Nandish.
The group includes Nandish’s sisters Suvarnambe and Pusphalatha, brother-in-law Nagaraj, niece Sri Durga, their relatives Satish, Manjunath, his wife Rohini and their daughter Minchu and others.
On the other hand, Kamalamma from the city, on Sunday morning, contacted the district control room at the Deputy Commissioner’s office and gave information about four of her relatives missing in Kathmandu. According to Kamalamma, Anand and three others had gone on North India tour on April 14. They visited Pashupathinath Temple near Kathmandu. Anand had contacted his family on Saturday evening and informed about their safety. They were 10 km away from Kathmandu at that time. However, they aren’t available on phone since then.
Deputy Commissioner C Shikha said: “The information on the safety of the 20-tourist party has been confirmed, while details on Anand and three others have been dispatched to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)”.
Recall
Manu, founder of V Care, a rehabilitation centre for mentally-challenged persons on T Narsipur road, here, was in Uttarakhand, when the high intensity quake rattled Nepal.
“I was at Kalikambliala Charity Home at Yamunotri, when the quake hit Nepal. We had just finished dinner and retired to bed, when the tremors were felt. Soon, the inmates at the home rushed outside in fear. The impact was such that, the tremors were felt time and again during sleep,” he said.
Manu is on a tour to collect Ayurvedic medicines from different parts of North India. He left the city on April 4 and visited Hardwar, Hrishikesh, Gangotri before landing at Yamunotri on Saturday. Following the natural disaster, he is travelling to Delhi, changing his schedule to visit Kedarnath and Badarinath.
“Learning about a tourist party from Karnataka staying at Yamunotri, the local police visited me and collected information.
As it is not possible to travel at Yamunotri during night hours, I hired a taxi and reached the northern part of Kashi on Sunday evening”, Manu told Deccan Herald over phone.