KOLKATA: With the recovery of one more body during the last 24 hours, the total number deaths in the flood and landslide-affected hills, Terai and Dooars regions of West Bengal has risen to 40.
The total official death toll as of Thursday morning, the last reported, was 39, according to figures compiled by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the district administrations in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri. Now, the death toll has climbed to 40.
On Friday, the body of a woman was recovered near Tudu Tea Garden at Bamundanga in Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district. The body came floating in the flowing stream of a local river, confirmed an official of the Jalpaiguri district administration.