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Uttarakhand glacier blast: State CM announces Rs 4 lakh for kin of deceased

Says rescue teams in place, ITBP, doctors, helicopters mobilised to bring people to safety and attend to medical needs. Villages on banks of the Alakananda and Ganga evacuated

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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat addressing a press conference in Dehradun | Photo: Twitter (@ANI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Addressing the media this evening, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that some 150 people were feared missing so far, but added that the count could be even more. His interaction with the media was telecast on a leading Indian televsion channel.

The chief minister also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of the deceased.

Rawat confirmed that the rescue teams were in place and mentioned that the state had the services of the ITBP, doctors, helicopters among others to bring people to safety and attend to their medical needs. He said that

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