35 dead in Uttarakhand landslides

[Sir john]

As many as 35 deaths have taken place and many more are feared dead in rain-linked incidents in Uttarakhand on Saturday. A total of 17 persons were killed in cloudburst incidents at Baddi and Pilko villages in Almora district, while 12 others were reportedly trapped under debris at Devli village. However, District and Uttarakhand Disaster Mitigation and Management authorities downplayed the deaths at Almora and Nainital. Survaradhan, DM Almora, said there were just four deaths in Almora that included three deaths at Pilko and one at Devli. The DM attributed these deaths to excessive rain. In Nainital, unconfirmed reports have put the death figure in the district at 11.