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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

‘Miracles do happen’: Families await news of pilgrims missing after Nepal-China flood

New Delhi/Beijing: Every day since a torrent of mud and rocks destroyed a Nepal-China border crossing high up in the Himalayas last month, Arushi Gupta's parents have called and messaged their missing daughter hoping she somehow ​survived.

The last photo she sent on the day of the flood was the facade of ​the Gyirong Port immigration post. But the calls and messages from her parents, who are among many families in Nepal and abroad awaiting news of loved ones, have gone ​unanswered.

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