JANAKPURDHAM: Thirty families from Madhes Province have established contact with those who went missing due to the flash flood in the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa.

Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhu Prasad Dhakal, spokesperson for the Madhes Province Police Office in Janakpurdham, reported that 30 out of the 192 missing individuals in Madhes Province have been reached via telephone, leaving 162 still unaccounted for.

Among those unaccounted for are Gyan Bahadur Thing and Shyam Moktan from Sindhuli, residing in Birgunj Municipality of Parsa, Satyam Ram from Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City-22 in Bara, and Rupesh Gupta from Swarna Rural Municipality-3, as stated by Dhakal.

Additionally, Mobida Khatun, Sakina Khatun, and Salman Ansari from Gadhimai Municipality-7 in Rautahat, Sekh Majid from Ishnath Municipality-4 in Rautahat, Pavitra Nepal Silwal, and Samrat Silwal from Chandrapur Municipality in Rautahat have also been contacted.

Furthermore, Brijkishore Das from Lalbandi Municipality-1, Sunita Das, Dipesh Thapa from Bagmati Municipality-6, Rakesh Kumar Yadav from Jaleswar Municipality-1, Bipin Kumar Mandal, Shrikesh Yadav, Sachin Kumar Yadav from Aurahi Municipality-9, Aditya Narayan Yadav from Gaushala Municipality-6, and Bikas Bharati from Bardibas Municipality have made contact with Dhakal.

Moreover, Lakshman Mehta from Sabaila Municipality in Dhanusha, Dayawati Devi Yadav from Hanspur Municipality, Bijay Kumar Yadav, Suresh Panjiar, and Ritik Jha from Janakpurdham -4, Bikram Thakur, Sushant Yadav from Janakpurdham -11, Tarzan Balampaki from Golbazaar Municipality-10 in Siraha, Umesh Yadav from Lahan Municipality-4, and Ajay Marik from Kanchanrup Municipality-8 have also been reached through telephone.

To date, 48 individuals from Saptari, 38 from Parsa, 13 from Rautahat, 23 from Bara, 18 from Sarlahi, 10 from Mahottari, seven from Dhanusha, and 12 from Siraha remain uncontacted.

The police office has initiated the collection of information regarding these individuals.