Uttarakhand govt pegs damage at Rs 7,000 crore

NDRF personnel rescue people in Uttarakhand, on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said three days of incessant rain in the state have caused damages worth Rs 7,000 crore.

According to the state authorities, the death toll due to rain-related incidents in the state increased to 54, with 19 people injured and five still missing.

Restoring the network of damaged roads and bridges at the earliest and evacuating people to safety is the priority at the moment, Dhami said.

The Union minister did not announce any immediate relief package for Uttarakhand, saying a detailed estimate of the losses needs to be prepared first.

2 of 11 missing trekkers dead, 2 rescued

Two members of an 11-member trekking team that had gone missing on a trek to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh recently were found dead on Thursday. An SDRF team found the bodies at an altitude of 4,500 metres during an aerial search operation, Uttarkashi Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.

Two other members of the team have been rescued alive and brought to Harsil while search for the rest of them is on, he said.

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Death toll from rain-related incidents in U'khand

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