Dehradun: At least 14 bodies have been recovered so far from the debris in villages which were buried in a cloud burst in Uttarakhand.
According to police, as many as 39 people were feared dead on Friday in the incident that occurred in six villages of Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts.
More than 60 houses were flattened due to the cloud burst after incessant rains in the region. As many as 200 cattle have reportedly died in the villages.
A senior official of the disaster management team said the rescue operations were hampered due to inclement weather.
More than 100 mm rains were recorded in just two hours, the official added.
Several teams of the State Disaster Response Force, para-military forces and Army rescue teams were stranded on way to the disaster-struck areas. All means of communication in the area have also collapsed.
