40,000 still stranded in Uttarakhand: Shinde

Sat, 22 June 2013

14:37

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said that close to 30,000 people have been rescued so far from different parts of Uttarakhand, while over 40,000 people are still stranded.

Shinde, who took stock of the rescue and relief operations in the flash flood hit areas of the hill state, said the evacuations will be completed in one or two days if the rescue operations continue in the same manner.

"Despite bad weather, the army, NDRF and ITBP are landing and conducting rescue operations. Operations are underway on a war footing," he said, while emphasising that the men in uniform are trying their best to evacuate those stranded.

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