Kathmandu, August 30
The parents of the six-year-old girl who was rescued alive after being trapped under debris for 60 hours in Rasuwa have been located and are receiving treatment, the Armed Police Force (APF) said.
The girl, identified as six-year-old Manisha, was rescued by a team from the APF’s Timure Border Outpost after rescuers heard what sounded like a child crying from beneath the mud.
According to APF spokesperson DIG Netra Bahadur Karki, Manisha’s mother, Gita, has been identified as an employee of Global IME Bank in Timure.
Manisha’s parents also survived the flood and told security personnel that they were thrown against a wall by the force of the floodwaters, which helped them survive.
Manisha’s health condition later deteriorated, and she was brought to Kathmandu for treatment. Her parents are also receiving treatment at the same hospital.
The parents have been informed that their daughter was found alive 60 hours after the flood.
According to Karki, most of Manisha’s body, except for her head, was buried under mud. A wooden structure had fallen over her, preventing her head from being completely buried. Rescuers heard her cries from underneath the structure and began digging, eventually rescuing her alive.
The APF team had initially provided her with first aid at the Timure Border Outpost. She was kept there overnight before being airlifted by an Army helicopter to Dhunche.
Nine APF personnel stationed at the same border outpost remain missing following the disaster.
The six-year-old was rescued on Friday evening from under the debris in Timure of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality-2, Rasuwa. The rescue team had been conducting search operations in the area when they heard her crying beneath the mud.
She was found in a critical and unconscious condition and was taken to the Timure border security post, where rescuers kept her warm and provided initial treatment.
