Lamjung. The family was talking on the phone till morning. The family also thought that everyone was at work. But on the morning of August 10, a news that came after 8:30 am pushed the Gharti family of Benisahar Municipality-11 into deep pain, "There has been a flood in Rasuwa, Radhika and Jhapta Bahadur, who are working on the project, have lost contact."
43-year-old Radhika Gharti and 45-year-old Jhapta Bahadur Gharti are a couple. They were working in Trishuli 3 'A' hydropower project in Rasuwa for about 10-12 years. Radhika used to cook while Jhapta Bahadur worked on the tunnels. Everything was normal until the morning of the flood. The family was contacted until about 8:30 p.m. Then the phone did not answer. The 'location' of Jhapta Bahadur's mobile was also seen till around 8:56 in the morning. After that, even the location stopped being visible.
It was not known where they were. Our guess is that the tunnel or the powerhouse may be nearby," said nephew Vishal Gharti. After the flood, the Nepalese army searched the tunnel once. But Gharti's family said that due to the difficult conditions inside the tunnel, they could not search completely. Since then, every day has become a day of waiting for the family. Hoping that the Gharti family will get a call from somewhere, that any news will be found during the search.
Radhika and Jhapta Bahadur have two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is involved in the search for his parents. The younger son is in Japan and the daughter is married. For the family members, the biggest question is now - where are they? Now there is no news of Saas, nor of Laas. The hope of being found alive is almost dead. However, it would have been possible to know their condition and at least find their bodies,' said Vishal.
According to relatives, Radhika and Jhapta Bahadur had been working on the project for a long time. They came to Rasuwa while working and were working there for years. They have been working away from their families and suddenly lost contact with each other.
After the flood in Rasuwa, not only Radhika and Jhapta Bahadur, but also other people of Lamjung are without contact. According to the district police office, information has been received that 10 people in the district are without contact after the flood in Rasuwa. According to the Information Officer of the District Police Office, Gyanendra Bahadur Chhetri, work is being done to search for contactless persons and get information about their condition.
The attention of the family has been on the phone since the day of the flood. Even when a call comes from an unknown number, there is hope that there is news of a missing relative. But the phone belongs to someone else. Same disappointment again. With the passage of time, the hope of finding relatives alive is getting weaker. But hope is not completely dead. So the families are still waiting for a news from the search team. For the families of Radhika and Jhapta Bahadur, the same wait is now left - the last hope that their relatives will be found alive, or at least the true information about their condition.
The flood of Rasuwa has not only caused physical damage, but also left these families of Lamjung in an uncertain wait about the condition of their relatives. Days are passing by, hope is fading, but family members are still clinging to hope that news of their loved ones will come.
