50,000 still stranded in Uttarakhand

    By IANS,

    New Delhi : Some 50,000 people are still stranded in the flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Friday.

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    “We have evacuated more than 34,000 people, some 49,000-50,000 people are still stranded there,” Shinde told reporters here after a meeting with members of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

    “The figure of deaths so far is 207, but more people could be buried in the debris,” Shinde said.

    He added he would go for a surveillance of the flood-hit areas Saturday.

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