Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Missing persons to be declared ‘dead’
The Hindu
The local administration is considering the possibility of issuing death certificates to the families of those missing after the flash floods in Uttarakhand's Chamoli on February 7. The death toll has now gone up to 70, while 135 persons still remain untraced.
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