'I don't know what to tell our 7-year-old daughter': Husband of Singapore woman missing in Nepal floods
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With his wife missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, he does not know what to tell their seven-year-old daughter.Wanting to be known only as Selvaganesh, 43, the man said his wife, Shalinny Deavy, 40, had been on a pilgrimage in Nepal when floods and landslides s'I don't know what to tell our 7-year-old daughter': Husband of Singapore woman missing in Nepal floods
With his wife missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, he does not know what to tell their seven-year-old daughter.Wanting to be known only as Selvaganesh, 43, the man said his wife, Shalinny Deavy, 40, had been on a pilgrimage in Nepal when floods and landslides swept through parts of central Nepal and Tibet on Aug 26.That night, Selvaganesh told their daughter, an only child, that Shalinny was missing.The Singaporean couple have been married for 10 years.Selvaganesh said: «I just told my daughter, 'Amma (mother) is missing'. She said she misses Amma, and before she went to school, she said to tell Amma to call in the evening as she wants to talk to her.»I don't know what else to tell her."More than 1,500 people are missing following floods and landslides in Nepal and Tibet on Aug 26, killing at least 270 people.The Nepal Tourism Board said over 500 foreigners remained uncontactable, including those from India, the US, Ukraine, Malaysia and Australia.Nine are Singaporeans. Read more
