At least 24 people from Madhya Pradesh who were stranded in Nepal following last week's devastating earthquake have been evacuated, a release said on Wednesday.
Twenty-three of these people returned to India on Wednesday while one person was reportedly safe at the Everest base camp.
A large number of people had gone on a pilgrimage to Nepal's Pashupatinath temple.
Of these people, 23 had gone for trekking and one was reported missing, following which Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had sent a team to Kathmandu for their evacuation.
A statement issued from the public relations department on Wednesday said the 23-member group returned from Kathmandu by bus.
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