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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 27, 2021, 23:29:56 IST
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23:29 (IST) Feb 27
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Chamoli disaster toll goes up to 71
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Search for missing people continues in the disaster-hit areas of Tapovan, in Chamoli district, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
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The toll in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli disaster went up to 71 on Thursday, according to the State public information bureau. The identities of 40 bodies have been established while 30 human body parts have so far been found at different places.
The police have sent the DNA samples of 110 family members of the missing persons and 86 bodies/body parts to the forensic science laboratory in Dehradun for matching.
The Joshimath police have registered 205 missing reports.
DEHRADUN â The rescuers have recovered 23 limbs in addition to 58 bodies so far after the February 7 deluge in Uttarakhandâs Chamoli district.
Out of this, the last rites of 55 bodies and 20 limbs have been performed after collecting DNA samples, said DIG Nilesh Anand Bharne, who is also the spokesman of the state police.
But the police believe that all these 20 limbs do not belong to 20 persons separately, which means that one or more than two limbs may belong to one person.
Bharne also did not rule out this possibility when enquired. âIt is possible that two limbs belonged to one person,â he said.
Read more about Uttarakhand glacier burst: 8 bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel so far on Business Standard. As many as 8 bodies have been recovered from Chamoli s Tapovan tunnel in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident, said NDRF Deputy Commandant