India, Aug. 29 -- Around 100 pilgrims from Maharashtra who were stranded in Kathmandu following flash floods in Nepal were evacuated by the Bihar government and sent back to their home state by train, an official statement said on Saturday.

The Bihar Disaster Management Department said the evacuation was carried out at the request of the Maharashtra government.

Acting on the directions of Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, the Sitamarhi district administration brought the pilgrims safely from the Nepal border to Sitamarhi on Friday, the statement said.

The evacuation was carried out under the supervision of Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit and Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary Santosh Kumar Mall. The pilgrims were pr...