Uttarakhand floods: 1,350 evacuated from Badrinath, UN says over 11 thousand missing

Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 22:17

A total of 1,350 people have been evacuated from Badrinath while over 3,500 remain untraced in flood-hit Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand floods: AP Police donates Rs 2 cr for relief work

Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 18:51

Andhra Pradesh police personnel on Monday donated their one day`s salary, amounting to total Rs two crore, towards relief operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand.

U`khand floods: 51 Andhra pilgrims stuck in Badrinath air-lifted to Dehradun

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 22:58

As many as 51 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh stranded in Badrinath and other places in Uttarakhand were air-lifted to Dehradun on Sunday.

Sonia Gandhi extremely worried about people of Uttarakhand: Soni

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 22:24

Congress in-charge of Uttarakhand Ambika Soni said Sonia Gandhi is extremely worried about the people of calamity hit-Uttarakhand and wants early evacuation of stranded survivors from Badrinath.

U’khand floods: Rains prevent rescuers from extricating bodies from rubble

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 22:21

Rains prevented rescuers from reaching Kedarnath to extricate bodies buried in rubble even as NDMA said death toll could be "huge" as they gain access to areas ravaged by flash flood.

U’khand floods: 900 still to be evacuated from Badrinath, grim task of pulling out the dead

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 16:57

Fifteen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, 900 stranded pilgrims and locals in Badrinath were on Sunday left to be evacuated and 3,000 people remained missing, as authorities grappled with the grim task of extricating dead bodies from under heaps of debris and disposing them.

Uttarakhand floods: Toll uncertain, hundreds still stranded

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 11:59

There was still no clarity over the number of deaths in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand floods: Rescue operations on, 200 evacuated from Badrinath

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 09:12

After an initial delay due to unfavourable weather conditions, rescue work in Badrinath area of flood-hit Uttarakhand resumed and nearly 200 pilgrims have so far been evacuated from the shrine, officials said.

U`khand floods: No epidemics reported, evacuation of the elderly a priority, says Home Minister

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 23:53

Adequate steps have been taken to prevent outbreak of an epidemic in flood-hit Uttarakhand and there are no reports of any disease spreading, a senior official involved in the relief efforts said Friday.

Don`t force people to walk long distances: SC to U`khand govt

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 19:24

The Supreme Court asked the Uttarakhand government not to force people, caught in flash floods, to walk long distances and said that they should be air lifted to safer places.

U`khand rescue mission nearing completion, 2,500 left to be evacuated

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 20:52

As the mammoth rescue operations in the Uttarakhand disaster neared completion, around 2,500 survivors remained to be evacuated in Badrinath and Hershil on Thursday.

Army evacuates 2000 stranded people from Badrinath

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 21:16

A bridge constructed by Border Roads Organisation at Pandukeshwar in rain-hit Uttarakhand on Wednesday helped the Army evacuate 2000 stranded people from Badrinath where 2750 people are still awaiting to be rescued.