Bhotekoshi flood, two months on: 1,345 bodies still unidentified, families await DNA reports

Two months have passed since the flood that swept down the Bhotekoshi and into the Trishuli in Rasuwa on Bhadau 10, yet 1,345 bodies remain unidentified.

According to Ujyaalo, 5,285 people were reported missing in the flood, of whom 1,457 bodies have been recovered. Only 112 of these bodies have been identified so far.

Families of those missing in the flood spent this year's Dashain waiting for DNA test reports. Anlal Rokaya, a resident of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-20, Thapuwa in Banke, is among the families still awaiting the DNA report.

With bodies remaining unidentified, relatives of the missing have been unable to get definite information about their family members. They continue to wait for the results of DNA testing.