Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Even as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said that the exact number of those dead in the state can never be known, state Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi on Sunday spoke on the lines of Assembly speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal, who had pegged the death toll at 10,000. According to the Uttarakhand health minister, the 10,000 figure was an estimate as several bodies remained buried under debris. The minister said the estimates are based on what evacuated people have recounted to the rescue teams and to government officials. "He (state assembly speaker Govind...
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