Forty two bodies, suspected to have been swept away in the Uttarakhand flash floods, were recovered from different rivers in Uttar Pradesh so far, a senior police official said here today.
"One body was recovered in Bijnor today and with this total 42 bodies have been recovered from different districts of the state so far," IG (law and order) R K Vishwakarma told reporters here.
He said that bodies recovered so far include 3 in Pilibhit, 8 in Bulandshahr, Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar 5 each, Allahabad 11, Sambhal and Hapur one each.
He said that "possibility is that these bodies are of Uttarakhand victims,"
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that along with the people of the state, organisations and public representatives were coming forward for the help of those affected by calamity in Uttarakhand.
He informed that cabinet ministers, MLAs and senior officials donated Rs 23.31 lakh in the CM relief fund yesterday.
The chief minister added that before this more than Rs 3.18 crore was received in the fund.
