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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Uttarakhand disaster toll rises to 62

NDRF personnel on February 19, 2021 carry out rescue and restoration work at the flash floods-hit Tapovan area in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. (Source: PTI)

The death toll in the Chamoli disaster in Uttarakhand rose to 62 on Friday. The identities of 34 bodies have been established.

The DNA samples of 96 family members of missing persons and 73 bodies/body parts have been sent to a forensic science laboratory in Dehradun for matching.

The Joshimath police have registered 204 ‘missing persons’ reports.

Search teams have been removing sludge and debris from the Tapovan hydel project tunnel.

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