Uttarakhand floods: Bengal lists missing 35

A month after torrential rain struck Uttarakhand leaving thousands dead,the West Bengal government on Wednesday released a list of 35 people from the state who went missing

A month after torrential rain struck Uttarakhand leaving thousands dead,the West Bengal government on Wednesday released a list of 35 people from the state who went missing during the natural calamity in the hill state.

All the 35 were on a pilgrimage to Kedarnath temple and most of them were returning from the Himalayan shrine on June 16 when the flash flood swept hundreds of people. Out of the 35 missing from West Bengal,16 are men and the rest 19 women. In all the cases,FIRs have been lodged with West Bengal Police.

The Mamata Banerjee government,however,is finding itself in a predicament as the missing peoples families are flocking the Writers Buildings to get death certificates of their relatives. How can we give the death certificates unless the Uttarakhand government declares them dead. We are sending the names and addresses of all the missing people to the Uttarakhand government and requesting them to take a quick decision in this regard, Fire and Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan told The Indian Express.

He also said compensation to the victims families will be either provided by the Centre or the Uttarakhand government.

So far as paying compensation from our part,we will take a decision only after the panchayat polls are over, the minister added.

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