In south-central Nepal's Chitwan district, authorities have begun burying bodies in temporary graves before identification following catastrophic floods and mudslides that swept hundreds of people downstream. About 250 bodies were awaiting identification, and haste-donned trenches were used for temporary burial. The move prompted accusations that Hindu funeral traditions are being disregarded.

The floods and mudslides, which occurred on Wednesday, killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. Bodies were carried hundreds of kilometers downstream by the Bhotekoshi River from the flood's epicenter before being recovered in Chitwan, where the scale of the catastrophe was evident in the sheer number of recovered remains.