<p>Three more bodies were recovered from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh, raising the death toll in the state to 18. <br /><br /></p>.<p>While searches were on for as many missing people by the Army, paramilitary and police personnel.<br /><br />According to the Disaster Mitigation Centre here, the number of recovered bodies swept away by flashfloods in Chamoli continues to be 3 and the total fatalities from both districts located far apart from each other is currently 18.<br /><br />Overcoming hindrances posed by the weather with intermittent rains lashing most parts of the state, Army, paramilitary and police personnel continued their rescue and search operations in the affected areas, ADG (law and order) Anil Raturi said.<br /><br />However, he made it clear that there was no report of any untoward incident caused by the rains on Sunday from anywhere. “NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and the state police are working round- the-clock looking for any traces of life trapped under the debris,” the official said. He said the Army had recovered an elderly woman alive from Pithoragarh on Saturday and has shared the information on Twitter.<br /><br />Prez grieves<br /><br />President Pranab Mukherjee wrote to Governor K K Paul expressing grief at the loss of lives in the recent spell of rains whereas Congress president Sonia Gandhi had a telephonic talk with Chief Minister Harish Rawat during which she took stock of the situation. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Three more bodies were recovered from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh, raising the death toll in the state to 18. <br /><br /></p>.<p>While searches were on for as many missing people by the Army, paramilitary and police personnel.<br /><br />According to the Disaster Mitigation Centre here, the number of recovered bodies swept away by flashfloods in Chamoli continues to be 3 and the total fatalities from both districts located far apart from each other is currently 18.<br /><br />Overcoming hindrances posed by the weather with intermittent rains lashing most parts of the state, Army, paramilitary and police personnel continued their rescue and search operations in the affected areas, ADG (law and order) Anil Raturi said.<br /><br />However, he made it clear that there was no report of any untoward incident caused by the rains on Sunday from anywhere. “NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and the state police are working round- the-clock looking for any traces of life trapped under the debris,” the official said. He said the Army had recovered an elderly woman alive from Pithoragarh on Saturday and has shared the information on Twitter.<br /><br />Prez grieves<br /><br />President Pranab Mukherjee wrote to Governor K K Paul expressing grief at the loss of lives in the recent spell of rains whereas Congress president Sonia Gandhi had a telephonic talk with Chief Minister Harish Rawat during which she took stock of the situation. <br /><br /></p>