Photo: PTINew Delhi: At least 40 people were feared dead following a downpour that triggered flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand over the weekend, a state official said. Several more people were still missing with remote Chamoli and Pithoragarh being the worst affected districts in UttarakhandIndian Army and SDRF troops carry out rescue and relief works in the villages affected by cloudbursts in Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand. Several more people were still missing, a spokesman at the chief minister’s office, Om Prakash Sati, said on Sunday, with remote Chamoli and Pithoragarh being the worst affected districts in the state. Thousands were feared stranded as landslides blocked hundreds of roads. Relief operations are under way, but incessant rains have hampered efforts and raised fears of flooding as rivers were close to their danger levels, Sati said.

Source: Mint July 03, 2016 13:41 UTC