<p>Ahead of the first anniversary of horrendous flash floods which claimed thousands of lives in Uttarakhand, authorities recovered 17 more skeletal remains and cremated them in Kedar valley.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Barindrajit Singh said 17 skeletal remains were recovered from Junglechatti area on way to Kedarnath shrine yesterday.<br /><br />"These were cremated after DNA sampling and other formalities," he said.<br /><br />The total number of skeletal remains found and disposed of in the area during combing operations resumed recently had gone up to 35, the SP said.<br /><br />The Uttarakhand government had constituted a special task force to conduct intensive combing operations in the forests adjoining Kedarnath in search of bodies.<br /><br />IGP Sanjay Gunjyal will be in-charge of the task force which will conduct combing operations over the next 20 days.<br /><br />Cloudbursts and resultant flash floods on June 16-17 last year wrought widespread havoc in the hill state.</p>
<p>Ahead of the first anniversary of horrendous flash floods which claimed thousands of lives in Uttarakhand, authorities recovered 17 more skeletal remains and cremated them in Kedar valley.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Barindrajit Singh said 17 skeletal remains were recovered from Junglechatti area on way to Kedarnath shrine yesterday.<br /><br />"These were cremated after DNA sampling and other formalities," he said.<br /><br />The total number of skeletal remains found and disposed of in the area during combing operations resumed recently had gone up to 35, the SP said.<br /><br />The Uttarakhand government had constituted a special task force to conduct intensive combing operations in the forests adjoining Kedarnath in search of bodies.<br /><br />IGP Sanjay Gunjyal will be in-charge of the task force which will conduct combing operations over the next 20 days.<br /><br />Cloudbursts and resultant flash floods on June 16-17 last year wrought widespread havoc in the hill state.</p>