More than 150 Telugu people stranded in Nepal were rescued and brought back to Andhra Pradesh, with many thanking the state government for its efforts, the ruling TDP party said on Friday.
Several evacuees narrated their ordeal on arrival in video clips shared with journalists, claiming that the hotel in Pokhara where they were staying was allegedly set on fire.
Our hotel in Pokhara was allegedly burnt, but Andhra Pradesh officials guided us to safety and brought us back home, K Murthy, one of the passengers, said in the video byte.
Another evacuee, P Srinivas, said his group of 10 was stranded in Pokhara when unrest broke out. The government of Andhra Pradesh helped us reach Vizag safely, he said.
Prabhakar Reddy, who returned with his wife and 81 others, recalled, I saw people pelting stones and burning buildings in Kathmandu. It was worse than a nightmare.
Many of the evacuees were Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) employees who had travelled on a planned tour. After th