Legal hurdles block death declarations for Nepal floods victims

My friend Tekraj Thami is a journalist. A month ago, he vanished in the floods that followed a glacier and bedrock collapse in Nepal. His family has held his funeral without a body.

He is one of nearly 6,000 people still missing. I reported from Kathmandu and Nuwakot on Tek Raj and the others who have not come home. #NepalFloods#6000Missing#OneMonthAftertheFloods

A month after a glacier and bedrock collapse triggered devastating floods in Nepal, nearly 6,000 people remain missing. Legal hurdles prevent the government from declaring them dead. Rajneesh Bhandari reports from Kathmandu and Nuwakot.

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