Dehradun: The worst fears are coming true as the scale and magnitude of the devastation triggered by flash floods in Uttarakhand continued to unravel on Thursday. In its report to the Union Home Ministry, the Uttarakhand State Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre has said that casualties in the affected areas may run into thousands with about 90 ‘dharamashalas' (rest houses for pilgrims) swept...

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Govt., Opposition in verbal bout over Uttarakhand rescue efforts

Dehradun/New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Leaders of the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engaged in verbal bout and blame game on Thursday over the natural calamity that has hit the state of Uttarakhand, leaving over 130 dead and tens of thousands strandedWhile Uttarakhand's Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat and senior state government officials such as Principal Secretary Rakesh...

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Kedarnath shrine safe, everything else destroyed: official

Dehradun, June 20 : The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said Thursday."Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are intact," the official told IANS."In fact, those pilgrims who were in the temple during the tragedy also survived."But...

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Kedarnath shrine safe, everything else destroyed: official

shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said today."Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are intact," the official told IANS."In fact, those pilgrims who were in the temple during the tragedy also survived."But the destruction all around the temple has been...

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'Kedarnath shrine is safe, everything else destroyed'

Dehradun, June 20: The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said on Thursday."Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are intact," the official told IANS."In fact, those pilgrims who were in the temple during the tragedy also survived."But...

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Rescue efforts intensified in Uttarakhand as thousands feared dead

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Uttarakhand: 90 rest houses swept away in flash floods, thousands feared dead

Himalayan tragedy continued to unfold on Thursday with fears that thousands of pilgrims staying in 90 rest houses inhas said that casualties in the affected areas may run into thousands with about 90 'dharamashalas' (rest houses for pilgrims) swept away in the flash floods. However, the toll has been kept officially at 150.With the weather clearing up, the focus was on rescue operations both in Ut...

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6/20/2013 10:57:03 AM

Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday said it would be difficult for the Kedarnath Yatra to be resumed for a year."I don't think we can resume the yatra there for one year. 18km of road has been damaged. Kedarnath is in debris. The temple has been saved but there is eight to ten feet of debris all around," he told reporters. The chief minister said until the road is constructed, the...

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6/20/2013 10:56:29 AM

Dehradun/New Delhi, June 19: The terrible magnitude of nature's fury in Uttarakhand unfolded today as the death toll rose to 150 with fears that it may go up substantially as large parts the area remained under water while hundreds of houses and buildings lay in ruins.After an aerial survey of the affected areas, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 1,000 crore aid to the state where large-scale...

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Uttarakhand floods: Air rescue ops resume; hope lives

Dehradun: As thousands of people remained untraceable in Uttarakhand, the Indian Air Force has resumed air rescue operations after a brief suspension on Thursday owing to bad weather conditions in the state.Unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded. However, the death toll could be frighteningly higher given the magnitude...

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