pune relatives and family members of about 150 tourists from pune district who are currently in nepal are praying for their safe return all the tourists have been traced and are safe in various parts of the himalayan country they are awaiting their turn to return home nine family members and relatives of sonali alhat a resident of sant tukaramnagar are trapped there after the massive earthquake struck nepal and parts of north india my family members were on a tour of nepal we have been worried about their safe return ever since the tragedy occurred we last spoke to our relatives on monday morning when they were about 100km from kathmandu they are safe but are not sure about their return journey alhat saidtimes cares reach out aid nepal she added that her relatives are among 40 others touring nepal and adjacent places my inlaws are in the group they generally go on tour once or twice a year but they have never experienced such adverse conditions it is going to challenging for them to get back we are praying and expecting them back at the earliest we do not have any idea how they are going to return alhat said meanwhile officials in the district administration said on monday that a group of about 13 tourists from the city was expected to start their return journey soon besides eight people from a group attached to a trekking organisation are likely to return via road as air travel is already witnessing a heavy rush some tourists are waiting at the kathmandu airport for return flights one official said the official said that they were in touch with the control room at the state head office for updates on relief and rescue work we are in contact with officers in charge of the control room to get latest updates on rescue and return of tourists stranded in nepal the official said