Lucknow: Ten more unidentified bodies were recovered from Gandak (Narayani) river in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh by Tuesday morning, following devastating floods in Nepal that caused a sharp rise in the river’s water level and flow.With the latest recoveries, the number of bodies found in the river in Kushinagar and Maharajganj districts since Aug 27 has risen to 17, officials said. Earlier, seven bodies were found in the river, three in Kushinagar and four in Maharajganj.The sub-divisional magistrate, Khadda circle officer, local police and State Disaster Response Force personnel retrieved the bodies and shifted them to the district mortuary.“Ten more bodies have come from two police station areas of Khadda and Barwapatti. The number of bodies has reached 13 in Kushinagar,” an official said. Kushinagar SP Keshav Kumar said the identities of the deceased had not been established yet.“We have conducted post-mortem of all the 13 bodies recovered so far in the district and given the report and all its exhibits to the authorities in Nepal,” he said.In Maharajganj, officials said that bodies of three women and a man were recovered on Aug 26-27.Nichaul circle officer Ravindra Kumar Singh said the SSB and district administration contacted their counterparts in Nepal to facilitate identification of the deceased. As a precautionary measure, the district administration has suspended boat operations in the river.
