NewsIndiaUttarakhand: 556 bodies found, hundreds may have died, says CM
Uttarakhand: 556 bodies found, hundreds may have died, says CM
New Delhi, June 21: A total of 556 bodies have been recovered in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said, adding that hundreds may have died in the terrible tragedy."(A total of) 556 bodies
He said that evacuation of the stranded by the military and other security forces was taking time because roads had been badly damaged.
Bahuguna said the Uttarakhand government was very close to putting up a doppler radar to predict weather "but there were certain concerns by various ministries".
He added: "No authority or body could have handled the calamity of this scale and magnitude."
