Gauchar/Dehradun: Thirteen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, rescue workers were on Friday near the end of their mammoth mission with Harsil sector totally evacuated and they made a final push in Badrinath where around 1,400 people were still stranded. With 3,000 people still reported missing in the floods and landslides after heavy rains pounded the hill state on June 15, visiting Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh sent a word of comfort that his troops and IAF personnel will continue their operations till the last person is evacuated. "Our endeavour is to locate all our citizens, wherever they are, and get them out," Gen Singh...
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