Uttarkashi, August 21: Authorities have so far recovered bodies of 15 people who died in last week's cloudburst in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. A search operation was underway in Sanel village of Mori block in Uttarkashi district on Wednesday as 20 people are still missing days after the incident of a cloudburst. Officials of NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and Uttarakhand Police are engaged in the search operation.

As many as 17 people were reported dead in the cloudburst in Mori tehsil as on Monday, according to Secretary (Incharge) Disaster Management, S A Murugesan. For relief and rescue operation in the affected areas of Mori Tehsil of the district, the state government had pressed two helicopters into action that reached the village with communication equipment and ropes. Makuri, Tikochi, Arakot are the most affected villages in Mori area. Helicopter Crashes in Uttarakhand, Was Carrying Relief Material to Flood-Affected Uttarkashi; Three Onboard Feared Dead.

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On Sunday, police had recovered bodies of six people including a Nepali national in the border area of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkashi. A cloudburst had hit Mori Tehsil in Uttarkashi district on Sunday, prompting the state government to dispatch teams of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to carry out rescue and evacuation operations.

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