Fifty-four Kannadiga tourists returned safely to Bengaluru from Nepal on Saturday night. Flash floods had damaged roads and bridges, leaving them stranded in the Himalayan nation. A brief tea break proved life-saving for twenty-eight tourists before the floods struck. The Karnataka government provided assistance and ensured their onward travel arrangements.

The Karnataka government on Thursday (August 27, 2026) said 13 people from the State were stranded in Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) following flash floods.

A total of 117 tourists have been rescued from flood-hit areas of Nepal, including 85 Indians, the Nepal Tourism Board said on Friday, as rescue operations continued for a third…