Six Hubballi pilgrims to Manasarovar seek help

Hubballi: Six more Kannadigas stuck in Kathmandu have urged the government to rescue them along with 39 tourists stranded in Nepal’s capital. 

The six were part of a 36-member Manasarovar pilgrimage from Karnataka.

They had to cut short their 14-day tour, following the death of N B Joshi, a 70-year-old resident of Hubballi on Monday (September 8). He suffered a heart attack near Manasarovar lake.

His family members faced hardship while transporting the mortal remains due to the turmoil in Nepal. 

“On humanitarian grounds, Chinese authorities allowed us to travel via road from their borders into Nepal,” said Satish Kulkarni, a relative of Joshi, from Kathmandu.

With flight services disturbed and uncertainty looming large, the family performed the final rites of Joshi near Pashupatinath temple on Tuesday night.