As severe floods devastate Nepal, anxious families and students in Delhi turn to social media to trace missing loved ones. The Nepali Students’ Association at DU is offering support, while organizations like the Hemkunt Foundation seek government permission to send emergency relief to the affected regions.
A day after devastating floods struck Nepal, collapsing over hundreds under a wall of ice, mud and rock, anxiety has not limited itself to only the affected areas. Families in Delhi and across the world are seen to take to social media to trace missing relatives and friends as official updates remain limited.
The Nepalese Students’ Association at Delhi University has raised an alert, particularly as several of its members come from western Nepal, among the regions severely affected by the floods. The association has constantly been trying their best to contact students and their families and has also appealed to people in the capital to come forward if they need assistance.
Lavanya, the President of the Nepali Students’ Association in Delhi says,
We have been on alert since last evening. We have tried to contact almost all the students associated with our group, but most of them are from West Nepal, and their families have not been affected. We are spreading the word around. We have asked the students if any of their families are affected or if anyone needs assistance.
It is no surprise that for students who live thousands of kilometres away from their families residing in Nepal, this news has been unfathomably difficult to navigate. One such student claimed, “It is a difficult situation for all of us to handle while we are staying so far off.”
An expected surge of “lost and found” pages can be noticed across social media platforms with families posting photographs, names and last-known locations of missing people in the hope that someone on the ground can provide information.
The Delhi-based Hemkunt Foundation has also offered to send relief material to Nepal and urged the government to allow it to travel to the affected areas and assist those in need.
Photo Credits: The New Indian Express
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