Clinging to hope with each passing moment, the family of Mumbai doctor-mountaineer Milind Chitley, who has been missing since flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, continues to pray for a miracle as the search operation remains underway.

Dr Chitley and his wife, Janhavi, were leading a 61-member Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage group comprising people from Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra.