Bridge built to restore connectivity in flood-hit Uttarkashi, relief supply intensified

Rescuers have intensified searches to trace the missing persons and have deployed sniffer and cadaver dogs as well as thermal imaging cameras to locate them after a devastating flash floods and mudslides buried half of Dharali village and nearby areas in Uttarkashi on Tuesday.

The sixth day of rescue operations to evacuate the stranded and find the missing was delayed till 10 am on Sunday due to bad weather. By 3 pm, 177 people were airlifted from disaster-hit areas by deploying helicopters. Around 1,200 people have been rescued so far.

The district administration has confirmed four deaths in the tragedy, the recovery of two bodies and 49 people missing since the disaster.