Over 11,000 people still missing in Uttarakhand: UN

Over 11,000 people still missing in Uttarakhand: UN

A TOTAL of 1.350 people have been evacuated from Badrinath while over 3.500 remain unlraced in flood-hit Uttarakhand even as a UN agency estimated ihat the number of missing could be over 11.000.
"According to data available till Sunday. 1.350 have been evacuated from Badrinath-800 by air and 550 by road. But there are some locals loo like shopkeepers and ashram dwellers who also arc being evacuated," said NDMA Vice Chairman M Shashidhar Reddy. The number of dead stands at 580 while the NDRF has rescued 8.634 people from Kedarnath taking the overall evacuation to 1.08.253 people, he said.
"According to the quantum of FIRs filed, die number of missing stands at 3.500-3.700 but a report prepared by a UN agency along with some NGO pecs the figure in excess of 11.000." Reddy said. He informed that maximum deaths have occurred in the Kedarnath and Rambada areas while the number of injured registered so far lias risen to is 3.119 compared to the figures of 436 on Saturday.