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Thursday, 27 June 2013

Over 1,800 individuals still unfree in Uttarakhand flood: NDMA

20:05
New Delhi: Around one,800 individuals square measure still stranded in Uttarakhand however would be exhausted by Friday, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) aforesaid on weekday. It place the toll within the floods within the hill state at 560 whereas another 344 individuals were missing.

"Approximately one,829 square measure still stranded everywhere Uttarakhand and that we square measure hopeful that the operation would be over by Friday," aforesaid NDMA chair M. Shashidhar Reddy here.

According to NDMA, a complete of 104,095 individuals are exhausted from the state until weekday.

It aforesaid that 560 individuals have died, 463 were battle-scarred and 344 missing within the floods. Around 2,000 homes square measure broken and 154 bridges broken.

Reddy additionally aforesaid that many roads, closed thanks to the rescue operations, have currently been opened. The roads from Uttarkashi to Gangotrri, Joshimath to Badrinath and a couple of roads going towards Rudryaprayag square measure still closed as {they square measure|they're} broken and repair works are on.

He aforesaid that every one over hill state one,520 roads were broken.

Reddy told IANS that the mass cremations were continued.

"Till yesterday (Wednesday) over three hundred bodies were cremated however today's figure is nonetheless to return," he said, adding that deoxyribonucleic acid samples of all the bodies are taken.

"The groups of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are asked to help the native administration to recover the bodies from below the detritus," Reddy aforesaid.

He aforesaid the authorities is giving Rs.2,000 as ex-gratia to the people that have lost their baggage and cash within the floods.

Reddy aforesaid a guard of honour would be accorded Friday to the chopper crash victims in Dehradun. NDMA can request the govt to supply the monetary help presently to the families of the victims. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde would even be attending to Dehradun Friday.

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