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More than 100 killed in flooding

Published:Thursday | June 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM
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A man walks out of his shanty after flood waters inundated homes along the banks of the Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, yesterday. Heavy rainfall in northern India has caused water to be released from barrages upstream, flooding the banks of the Yamuna along New Delhi.
A Tibetan refugee wades through flood waters along the banks of the river Yamuna to reach a safer place, in New Delhi, India, yesterday. With heavy rainfall in northern India, water has been released from barrages upstream, flooding the banks of the Yamuna along New Delhi. At least 102 people have died and 63,000 people remain stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, following torrential monsoon rains, landslides and cloud bursts. - AP
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LUCKNOW (AP):

India's prime minister yesterday disclosed that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke on his return from an aerial survey of the area, pegging the death toll at 102.

"It is feared that the loss of life could be much higher," he said.

A joint army and air force operation evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides, but nearly 63,000 people remained cut off, a senior official said yesterday.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde earlier said the flooding in Uttrakhand washed away roads and nearly two dozen bridges and demolished 365 houses and partially damaged 275 others.

Uttrakhand's top elected official, State Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the casualties were heavy, but the exact number would be known only after a survey of the area.