KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — Nepal’s tourism authorities have released a list of 537 foreigners from more than 30 countries reported missing following the devastating floods in Rasuwa district.

The list was published on the website of the Department of Tourism under Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on Thursday evening under the headline “Tourist List (Out of Contact) in Bhotekoshi Flood”.

It contains information on those reported missing, including their names and the names of some of the travel agencies that organised their trips.

The latest list identified 51 Malaysians handled by Leaf Holiday, Fishtail, Dream Tibet Travel and Tour and Kailash Journeys, as remaining unaccounted for. They are: 

  1. A Ganesan Anandan (M)
  2. Appannah A Muthaloo (M)
  3. Arunasalam Karuppiah (M)
  4. Azman Bin Karim (M)
  5. Balasingam Kesavan (M)
  6. Brabaakaran Krishnan (M)
  7. Eswary Mani Raj (F)
  8. Gunanesan Vellaisamy (M)
  9. Gunavathy Muthusamy (F)
  10. Inthumathy Subramaniam (F)
  11. Jason Ngeow (M)
  12. Kalai Mathe Karuppaiah (F)
  13. Kalaiselvi P Narayanasamy (F)
  14. Kannan Kerisna (M)
  15. Karunanithi Sundram (M)
  16. Kirubanithi Alagappan (M)
  17. Komathi Rethinam (F)
  18. Krishnan Vadivelu (M)
  19. Letchumy Sinnappan (F)
  20. Lingam Samykanoo (M)
  21. Malani M Vellu (F)
  22. Mangala Vanan Krishnasamy (M)
  23. Mohd Fakhrul Munir Bin Mohd Isa (M)
  24. Mohd Nohan Bin Salim (M)
  25. Mohd Padzil Bin Daros (M)
  26. Mohd Sani Bin Harul (M)
  27. Muhamad Nasir Bin Abdul Talib (M)
  28. Muhammad Haziq Bin Ismail (M)
  29. Murukan Supramaniam (M)
  30. Nahentran Ganasan (M)
  31. Navein Palani (M)
  32. Neelavany Marimuthu (F)
  33. Padmahwathi A Govindasamy (F)
  34. Poobalan Murgaya (M)
  35. Poornima Alagappan (F)
  36. Rajita Sivan (F)
  37. Raman Supramaniam  (M)
  38. Ravindar Ayyavoo (M)
  39. S Gomathi Sitoralingam (F)
  40. S Ramu Sawasamy (M)
  41. Santhanaletchmi Tiruganasambandam (F)
  42. Saraswathi Nagaratnam (F)
  43. Saratha Alagappan (F)
  44. Shabuddin Bin Mun  (M)
  45. Suguna Balan (F)
  46. Thanapalan Muthoo (M)
  47. Vallie Palaniasamy (F)
  48. Vanajah Vadival (F)
  49. Vennila Muniandy (F)
  50. Vijayan Perumal (M)
  51. Yougesvari Subramaniam (F)

The list showed that India recorded the highest number of missing nationals at 178, followed by the United States (US) with 65 and Ukraine with 53. — Bernama