Uttarakhand Floods News

Nearly a month after the tragedy, the Uttarakhand government is set to officially announce the death of between 5,500 and 6,000 people on Monday.

One month after the flash floods struck, the government has announced that from Monday, anyone who remains untraced will be presumed dead.

A month after a killer cloudburst wreaked havoc in the hills, the families may still refuse to give up the search but the government will.
Bad weather hampers debris removal operations at Kedarnath

Thousands have been evacuated till now but the missing will get an official stamp of death on Monday.
Hope still flickers in some hearts of those looking to find their missing kin but officially the search comes to an end on Monday.
The focus will then shift to picking the pieces and the Uttarakhand government promises to make amends.
It now plans to cut the number of pilgrims entering the Kedar valley all at once.

It is likely to limit the number of pilgrims on the route to 2,000, down from 8,000 to 10,000 who frequent the route daily during the Chardham Yatra.

The government will set up an online registration system and stop pilgrims in Rishikesh if the weather becomes bad.
The possibility of a ropeway between Gaurikund and Kedarnath to the north is being considered. But this remains a long term plan.