Chamoli glacier burst: Uttarakhand glacier disaster 135 people missing
The health department of Uttarakhand has agreed to declare “dead” those missing in the Chamoli tragedy of February 7, officials said. Out of the original 204 people missing, 69 bodies have been retrieved by search and rescue personnel and 135 are currently missing.
The notice said, “In normal circumstances, certificates of birth and death are issued to a person at the place of birth or death. However, in unusual cases, such as the tragedy of Chamoli, where a missing person is possibly dead beyond all likelihood of being alive, but his body is still to be identified, in that case, the authorities may declare him dead by granting a death certificate to members of his family after a required investigation.
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Search and rescue teams have rescued 69 of the preliminary 204 persons missing in the Chamoli earthquake, while 135 are still missing. The federal government has invoked the Birth & Death Registration Act, 1969, following a notification released on Sunday night by the state well-being Secretary Amit Negi, in which the appointed authorities officer would have trouble dying certificates to their household or family members of the lacking individuals.
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