556 bodies found in Uttarakhand, hundreds may be dead

New Delhi  :  Nearly 600 people have been killed in the Uttarakhand flood devastation, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said, while ActionAid warned of thousands of possible deaths.
Four days after a clourburst almost destroyed Kedarnath, home to one of India’s most revered shrines, Bahuguna told CNN-IBN news channel that 556 bodies had been found even as the military and security forces rescued a large number of those stranded in the hills.
The government has so far admitted to only about 200 deaths.