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Nepal police on Friday said more than 1,500 people remained missing and 469 have been confirmed dead after massive flash floods and landslides tore through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river basins.One Australian woman contacted her family on Friday morning to tell them that she had survived the flood, the first of those reported missing to be confirmed safe.Among the missing Australians is Karan Bhardwaj, a 40-year-old Brisbane-based member of the Royal Australian air force who was travelling in Nepal with Kailash Journeys.\u201cKaran is a dad to my beautiful seven-year-old nephew, as well as a brother, uncle and brother in law,\u201d said his family member Jen, who did not want her surname published.\u201cHe is so desperately loved by his family and right now we are desperately praying, hoping and believing that Karan is safe, alive and somehow making his way back to us.\u201dShylaja Muralitharan, 42, her husband, Chandrasekaran Muralitharan, 47, and their two sons Ashwin, 14, and Aarush, 11, were taking part in a pilgrimage when the flood hit on Wednesday.Shylaja\u2019s younger sister, Vaishnavi, said that she had lost contact with the family shortly after breakfast on the morning of the flood.Timeline of how deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded \u2013 explainerThe family of four planned to head towards an immigration checkpoint on the Tibet-Nepal border soon after, as part of the group of 15 Australians trekking with the Himalayan Glacier Adventures tour.\u201cJust like everyone else that\u2019s part of that group, we\u2019re really worried, but hopeful,\u201d Vaishnavi said.\u201cHopeful that they\u2019re safe and just waiting to be rescued.\u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult time for our whole family \u2026 I just want to make people aware that they\u2019re there, and we\u2019re waiting, and we just want them to return.\u201dVaishnavi, who asked that her surname not be published, confirmed the family were close with other members of the group who had also travelled from Sydney for the Hindu pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet.Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailThe family had been training together for the long walk, she said.\u201cThey had been planning for some time, and preparing, because it\u2019s quite a trek.\u201cThey were all working very hard together to make sure they could successfully complete it.\u201cWe just didn\u2019t expect anything like this.\u201dA map of the flood affected areas Vaishnavi said it was difficult to get clear information about what was being done to find those missing. She has spoken with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials.\u201cWe do want to know what efforts are being made \u2026 we\u2019re not aware of what is actually happening there.\u201dAustralian woman Sumi Adhikari was at an immigration office at the Gyirong Post crossing when the flood waters hit. She was travelling with an Isha Foundation pilgrimage to the region.Her husband, Nava Pandey, has travelled to Nepal and is desperately seeking information about her whereabouts.\u201cShe was in the same area when the flood happened,\u201d said a flyer produced by Adhikari\u2019s family, and published with their permission. \u201cIf anyone has seen her or has any information about her, please contact the family immediately.\u201dSumi Adhikari was travelling as part of an Isha Foundation pilgrimage. Illustration: suppliedBharat Mangwani, 42, was travelling with the Isha Foundation as part of a pilgrimage to Lake Manasarovar when his family lost contact with him on Wednesday morning.He was last seen at Gyirong before the group was set to depart for Kathmandu and then Delhi, his close friend Kushagra Tiwari said.Mangwani\u2019s family, including his nine-year-old son and three-year-old daughter, have travelled to India with a family friend, while his wife has gone on to Kathmandu to look for any information.\u201cAll of us are praying for him and hopefully he comes back to us soon,\u201d Tiwari said.Suhasini Kandimalla, a mother of two from Springfield, near Brisbane, has also been reported missing.Her sister, Supreethini Kandimalla, said that she was doing the hike with another Springfield local.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionSuhasini Kandimalla from Queensland who has been reported missing in Nepal. Photograph: SuppliedWhile she was a New Zealand citizen, Suhasini had been approved for Australian citizenship, her sister said. She had planned to attend a citizenship ceremony for it to be granted soon after she returned.\u201cI don\u2019t know if it was a religious calling for her to do it,\u201d Supreethini told the Guardian.\u201cBut she certainly loved the treks in New Zealand too, and would go on lots of long hikes.\u201dA Brisbane man, Narayan Panthi, is also missing in the region. According to Nepal police, he was travelling with Kathmandu Holiday but he has also been conducting charity work in the capital with an education fund, the NeNas Foundation.Narayan Panthi from Brisbane is missing in Nepal. Photograph: SuppliedPanthi\u2019s cousin, Amrit Bhusal, said his family was devastated but \u201cholding on to hope and praying for positive news\u201d.\u201cWe are still hoping,\u201d Bhusal said. \u201cWe are still searching. We are still praying for Narayan to come home safely.\u201dBhusal said Panthi was \u201chelping disadvantaged children in Nepal reach their full potential through education\u201d.New South Wales couple Venkatraman Balakrishnan, 52, and his wife, Chitra Venkatraman, 46, were also among the 15 Australians travelling to Mount Kailash.So too were Sreedharan and Lakshmi Iyer, and their adult sons Rishab, 23, and Rudhra, 20.The brothers played cricket for West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club in Sydney\u2019s north-west.\u201cWPHCCC is aware of the reports that two of our players, Rishab and Rudhra Iyer, along with their family members and other Australians, are unaccounted for in the ongoing floods in Nepal,\u201d the club said in a statement.\u201cWe continue to live in hope, and our thoughts are currently with them, their loved ones and all affected by this tragedy in Nepal.\u201dThe University of Newcastle\u2019s vice-chancellor, Alex Zelinsky, said Rishab and Rudhra were both medical students the at the university.\u201cWe are thinking of them, their families, their fellow students and teaching staff, as well as the many people who have been impacted by this devastating event and we hope that both students can be located soon,\u201d Zelinsky said in a statement.Separate groups of Australians \u2013 11 travelling with Trekkers Society and six with Kailash Journeys \u2013 are also unaccounted for. Both tour companies have been contacted for comment.Several other Australians were travelling with other tour groups. It is understood the majority of missing Australians are from New South Wales, but there are also some from Victoria and Queensland.The founder and chief executive of Himalayan Glacier Adventures, Sagar Pandey, said he had lost all contact with his tour group of 47 people, which included the 15 Australians.Pandey told the Guardian on Thursday he had flown by helicopter over the Rasuwa area, where the tour was staying, since the flood and had little hope they survived.\u201cTo be honest \u2026 you would think there was no human civilisation there at all.\u201cThe flash flood swept away everything, everything. 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