Amid unconfirmed reports from New Delhi said that as many as 556 tourists from Maharashtra were unaffected by a high-intensity earthquake that rocked Nepal earlier in the day, two leading tour operating companies from the state confirmed that 80-odd tourists, currently in the Himalayan State, were “safe” and staying in hotels of Kathmandu.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed his officials to be in touch with tourists from his State which are stranded in earthquake-struck Nepal. He also asked the State Disaster Management team to remain prepared for rescue operations, if needed, the two leading tour operators — Kesri Travels and Chaudhary Yatra Company — said that their tourists were “safely” put up in hotels of Kathmandu.