Kathmandu, May 17 -- While national and international guests and dignitaries of Sagarmatha Sambaad convened in Kathmandu to contemplate the impacts of climate change, some locals in Panauti Municipality of Kavrepalanchok district, around 32 kilometres from the capital city, were busy on Friday searching for a woman swept away by a local stream five days ago.

A flood in the stream, triggered by heavy rain, had swept away Renuka Giri, 33, a resident of ward 5 of the municipality, while she was returning home from work in the fields.

The local administration on Thursday also deployed police sniffer dogs to trace the missing woman, but to no avail. Now, efforts to find her have slowed down.

"Only a few local youths have been mobilised in s...