A body was recovered and 150 people rescued from the flood-ravaged mountain village of Dharali on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) as the search for the missing continued amid huge challenges, one of them, an incessant rain.
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Landslips blocked arterial roads leading up to Dharali where dozens of people were trapped and many homes and cars swept away by the raging waters on Tuesday. Eleven Army personnel from the nearby camp in Harsil were among those missing.
The person whose body was retrieved was identified as that of 35-year-old Akash Panwar, the Uttarkashi Disaster Control Room said.
A 28-member group of tourists, who are natives of Kerala, is also among the missing.
