Tweet Dehradun, June 26 (IANS) Heavy rains Tuesday hit operations to evacuate thousands of people still stranded in the hills of Uttarakhand as most helicopters could not operate, while 20 people were killed as an IAF Mi-17 crashed while returning from a rescue mission, officials said. The state government has put the death toll in the flood disaster at 845 and said it could climb further. With more rain and rising fog across the valley and the hills, operations slowed down, leaving more than 7,500 people still stranded on the Badrinath route. Returning from a rescue mission from Guptkashi and Kedarnath, a newly-acquired IAF Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed north of Gaurikund. While National...
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