India, March 25 -- For eight months, Amar Chand Samaria, 56, an insurance agent from Rajasthan, has pasted posters, distributed pamphlets, and written letters as part of his desperate search for his son, Rupin, an Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee graduate who is among 22 people missing since a cloudburst triggered landslides and flooding along the Kedarnath yatra route in July 2024.

"I will search for my son until my last breath," said Samaria even as his son is suspected to have washed away in the swollen Mandakini river. He added he spent the first week scouring every possible place along the yatra route in the hope of finding Rupin. "Then, someone advised me to put up posters and distribute pamphlets," said Samaria. He alleged of...