By Ajit K Jha

Betrawati [Nepal], September 3 (ANI): Nine days after devastating flash floods swept through parts of Nepal, families of those still missing have begun performing Shradh rituals, accepting that their loved ones may no longer be alive.

In Bogti Tar village of Betrawati, a family performed mourning and Shradh rituals for two brothers, Kedar Prasad Acharya, 65, and Madhusudan Acharya, 60, who went missing after floods struck the area on August 26.

The brothers had gone towards the forest near the riverbank at around 8 am to cut grass but never returned home. Despite nine days of searching, their bodies have not been recovered, and the family has received no information about their whereabouts.

Speaking to ANI, one of the brothers of the missing men said the family had been unable to trace them despite searching extensively.

“We couldn’t find him. He had gone to the fields to cut grass. Nothing has been found among the bodies recovered by the ...