India, Aug. 30 -- About 100 of the nearly 319 individuals who travelled from Tamil Nadu through to Nepal were still untraceable and missing following the flash floods there, state minister A Rajmohan has said.

As many as 219 persons are safe and secure, the Minister for Information added.

Explaining the action taken to bring the Tamil pilgrims stranded in Nepal and nearby territories falling under China, Rajmohan said that over the past three days, he and his Cabinet colleagues were in Delhi as per Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's directive to coordinate the rescue efforts.

Referring to discussion held with the Foreign Secretary, Rajmohan, flanked by Agriculture Minister R Vinoth, said, 319 individuals travelled through various groups t...