AHMEDABAD, July 10, 2013: Almost after 25 days since disaster struck Uttarakhand, there is no clue of 125 persons from Gujarat who have been declared missing by the state government.


State relief commissioner Punamchand Parmar who is leading the team of officials from Gujarat in Uttarakhand for bringing the rescued Gujaratis back to state told, "As on date (July 9) a total of 125 persons are missing from Gujarat. Arvind Patel and his wife Hinaben from Kheda district were rescued and brought to Haridwar camp on Tuesday.'' 

Out of the missing persons around 40 are from Ahmedabad, 30 from Kheda, 25 from Surat, seven from Vadodara, six from Narmada, four from Anand and two each from Sabarkantha, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. Thirty of these including 14 males are more than 60 years of age. Approximately 4700 plus pilgrims are still missing from different states in Uttarakhand. Nearly 60 percent are from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Many locals are also missing. Fortunately the number of persons missing from Gujarat is less. 

Parmar further informed that, "a special train with 15034 relief kits (508 MT) was dispatched from Ahmedabad on Tuesday evening. Total 8700 kits were delivered earlier. 4750 kits were also dispatched from Surat and 1260 from Vadodara. Total 12 crore worth kits were prepared for the flood relief activity in Uttarakhand so far.''

Source: The Times of India, DT. July 10, 2013.