The search was halted on June 1 ahead of heavy winter snowfall.  Srawn's cousin Ruby Singh said the family was realistic about the likely outcome, but was grateful for the resources allocated by authorities.

“Obviously this has been a very difficult time and it has been very hard on all of us,” she said.  “We're hoping that they will be able to hopefully find Prabh soon and we can put this behind us,” Singh said.

“We have been trying our best to look at things from many different angles and talk to experts. We still don't have the concrete answer and we are trying to get that.” She said a week-long small scale search could be followed by a larger operation.