Search continues for the missing from Feb 8 glacier burst in India

Rescue workers in Chamoli. Photo courtesy of Press Information Bureau, India

 

DEHRADUN,  India, Feb 25 – The search for missing persons is continuing in the areas affected by the glacier burst on February 8 in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India.

Search for the missing has been going on in the disaster affected areas of Chamoli district. Out of 206 people missing in the disaster, bodies of 71 people and 30 human organs have been recovered so far and 133 are still missing, according to the official Twitter account of the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.