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Dehradun, July 15 (IANS) A month after a cloudburst and flash floods unleashed death and destruction, Uttarakhand is still counting its losses, both physical and financial.

While the government has decided to declare the 5,748 people missing as ‘presumed dead’, inclement weather and a near paralyzed administration are making the path of recovery, relief and rehabilitation more difficult.

After telling the Supreme Court that Kedarnath is now a “ghost town”, the government has begun disbursing compensation to those killed or “missing beyond hopes of coming back”, said an official.

So far, the number missing from Uttarakhand is 924 and from other states 4,824. These include the elderly, women, children and young men.

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