KOLKATA: A retired financial institution worker from New City and his spouse, who saved up for 2 years and skipped their annual journey final 12 months to fund their much-cherished Kailash Mansarovar journey, have been untraceable since Wednesday after flash floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving their household and neighbours anxiously awaiting information of the couple.Debabrata Roy Chowdhury (67) and his spouse Lekha (62), residents of Swarlok Cooperative Housing Society in Motion Space II close to Metropolis Centre, left for the pilgrimage on Aug 21 by Mithila Categorical. They have been additionally travelling with Chalo Jaai Journey membership that had organized the 15-day journey to Manasarovar and Kailash.In response to their neighbours, the couple stayed in Kathmandu for 2 days due to delays within the visa and immigration course of. They have been scheduled to finish immigration formalities on Wednesday and proceed to Tibet. Nonetheless, communication with them stopped that day.Their son Rajarshi Roy Chowdhury, a trainer who works in Delhi, stated he final spoke to his mother and father three days in the past. “I’m on my option to Kolkata. I don’t know if my mother and father are secure. Nobody has any clue,” he stated.Rajarshi’s father-in-law, Joyjit Sinha, a Behala resident, stated the household had been in contact with the embassy however had not obtained any particular info from the organisation that organized the journey. “The embassy is cooperating, however those that took them on the journey have nonetheless not been capable of present any particular info. Each second is passing in anxiousness,” he stated.Neighbour Dipankar Nandi stated Debabrata had retired from a nationalised financial institution and had been dwelling within the complicated since 2017. The 2 had labored collectively on the financial institution and remained shut pals.“Each of us labored collectively at a nationalised financial institution. They’d a troublesome time getting a visa and received it on the final second. The visa and immigration course of was delayed, which is why they stayed in Kathmandu for 2 days. Chinese language govt gave them the visa solely on Tuesday. They have been imagined to be on the immigration workplace when the flood struck,” Nandi stated.He added that the household was nonetheless hopeful that the couple was secure. “We’re extraordinarily anxious. We’re holding ourselves glued to the TV, waiting for updates,” he stated.In response to neighbours, the couple was anticipated to cross immigration and enter Tibet on Wednesday, across the time information of the catastrophe emerged. Since then, repeated makes an attempt to contact them have failed. The household is now ready for affirmation in regards to the couple’s whereabouts as rescue and reduction efforts proceed within the affected area.
