Overview

• The Union Home Ministry authorized death registration 51 days after the August 5 floods, acting on Uttarakhand’s request to expedite relief.
• Officials say two bodies have been recovered while 67 people, including 25 Nepali citizens, remain untraced.
• Sub-divisional magistrates will investigate cases and issue certificates with district magistrates as appellate authorities following a missing report and a 30‑day public notice.
• Families will be eligible for ₹5 lakh in state disaster relief once certificates are issued.
• The state has formed a rehabilitation committee for longer-term rebuilding, and a preliminary panel linked the disaster to intense localized high‑altitude rainfall rather than a glacial lake outburst.