Uttarakhand flash floods: 136 missing after disaster to be declared dead
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NDRF personnel carry out rescue and restoration work at the Tapovan area, weeks after the glacier burst at Joshimath.
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The region was hit by one of the worst tragedies in recent years
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The Uttarakhand government has initiated the process to declare 136 people missing in the 7 February Chamoli disaster, as "dead", and issued a notification to that effect on Monday.
Of the 206 people missing in the Chamoli disaster, search and rescue workers have recovered 70 bodies and 29 human organs from the debris so far after the region was hit by one of the worst tragedies in recent years, according to the state government on Tuesday.