Telegraph.co.uk.com - 6/20/13, Agencies
People use a boat and wade through the rising waters of the Yamuna River at the Tibetan market in New Delhi Photo: PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images
Helicopters and close to 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to rescue tourists and pilgrims stranded after floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand at the weekend.
More than 22,400 people have so far been rescued, as the military takes advantage of clearer weather, but another 62,000 are still stranded, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
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