Families of Nepalis swept away in floods are facing uncertainty because many of those missing have not been officially recorded as dead. Their relatives remain unable to resolve the legal and administrative consequences of the disappearances.
The lack of official death declarations has left families without compensation, adding financial pressure to the distress caused by losing contact with their relatives. Those affected are also facing what has been described as an administrative nightmare as they try to establish the status of people who were swept away.
The situation means that relatives are caught between treating their loved ones as missing and seeking the formal recognition needed to deal with the aftermath. Until the status of those swept away is officially resolved, the families remain in limbo with no indication in the supplied material of when compensation or formal decisions may be provided.
