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Nepal floods leave families searching for missing loved ones

3 sourcesUpdated 2 Sept 2026, 7:19 am Coverage regionsGlobal
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Talka Sada is searching for his 19-year-old son Vinod, who has been missing since flash floods on August 26.

Vinod was working as a laborer at a hydropower plant in the Rasuwa district.

Sada and his brother traveled from Saptari with about 2,000 Nepali rupees in borrowed money.

Sada claims that ethnic and caste discrimination by hill-based Nepali authorities is preventing him from getting help.

Why it mattersThe floods are killing hundreds and leaving relatives, tourists, and rescuers racing against time to find survivors and identify the missing.
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This article reports on Talka Sada, a father from Nepal's marginalized Musahar community who is desperately searching for his 19-year-old son Vinod, missing following devastating flash floods. Sada traveled from Saptari to Kathmandu and surrounding districts with a tiny sum of borrowed money, checking hospitals and mortuaries. The report details his struggles with inadequate funds, exhausted conditions, and unhelpful authorities, while Sada alleges that systemic ethnic and caste discrimination against Madhesis is hindering his search efforts.

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This article reports on Talka Sada, a father from Nepal's marginalized Musahar community who is desperately searching for his 19-year-old son Vinod, missing following devastating flash floods. Sada traveled from Saptari to Kathmandu and surrounding districts with a tiny sum of borrowed money, checking hospitals and mortuaries. The report details his struggles with inadequate funds, exhausted conditions, and unhelpful authorities, while Sada alleges that systemic ethnic and caste discrimination against Madhesis is hindering his search efforts.