India, Oct. 25 -- Bodies of seven people who had gone missing due to an extreme rainfall event on August 29 in Chhenagarh area of Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district were recovered in the last two days, a district official said.

Nine people went missing in the rain-related incident on August 29 in Chhenagarh area of Rudraprayag.

Nandan Singh Rajwar, Rudraprayag district disaster management officer (DDMO), said, "On October 24 and 25, during the search operation, a total of 7 bodies of the missing persons were recovered. One of the bodies has been identified as that of Kuldeep Singh (25), a resident of village Uchhola in Tehsil Basukedaar. The process of identification of six bodies is underway."

"Two bodies were recovered on October 24,...