India, Aug. 27 -- A visa rejection helped a Bengal woman escape the deadly flash floods in Nepal that has left over 350 dead so far. Tapati Singha, 61, was planning to undertake Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage, but her tour plans were shelved after her visa was rejected.

Had Singha been granted her Chinese visa, she would have been among the 33 people from the state who had planned to travel to the Himalayan country as part of the pilgrimage. Track updates on Nepal floods

She said that she was cutting short her trip and returning to Kolkata on Thursday night, news agency PTI reported. She visited Ladakh after being denied permission to join the pilgrimage group.

As of Thursday, India's ministry of external affairs said that over 288 Indi...