2013年07月16日
6,000 may have died in floods
Nearly 6,000 pilgrims, tourists and others are believed to have died when flash floods and landslides struck northern India last month, officials have said.
The victims were swept away when floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in June, destroying entire villages and towns.
"Compensation to their families will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) on the assumption that they (the missing) are dead," the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna, said in the state capital Dehradun.
Raging rivers flattened houses and buildings in the state, which was packed with travellers in what was a peak tourist season.
Bahuguna put the estimated death toll at 5,748 people.
Some 1,000 people were confirmed dead at the time of the floods. Thousands of others had until Monday been officially listed only as missing, meaning compensation could not be paid.
The victims were swept away when floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in June, destroying entire villages and towns.
"Compensation to their families will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) on the assumption that they (the missing) are dead," the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna, said in the state capital Dehradun.
Raging rivers flattened houses and buildings in the state, which was packed with travellers in what was a peak tourist season.
Bahuguna put the estimated death toll at 5,748 people.
Some 1,000 people were confirmed dead at the time of the floods. Thousands of others had until Monday been officially listed only as missing, meaning compensation could not be paid.
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