Seven days after flash floods hit Dharali village of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, the district administration issued a list of 43 persons missing from the spot along with 1,308 people rescued since August 5.
Commissioner of the Garhwal region, Vinay Shankar Pandey said that so far, 43 people were reported missing in this disaster. The body of Akash Panwar, a youth from Dharali village, had been recovered. Financial assistance had been provided to the family of the deceased youth, he said.
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“Those missing include nine Army personnel, eight locals from Dharali and five from nearby areas, one person from Tehri district, 13 from Bihar and six from Uttar Pradesh,” he added.
Also, 29 Nepali labourers were reported missing from Dharali, out of which five persons had been contacted after the mobile network was restored. Details about the remaining 24 labourers had not been received from their contractors, the official said.
