By the early monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides have killed at least 560 people were killed in northern India, to make thousands and thousands of people missing, officials said on Saturday, the death toll is expected to rise sharply.
Houses and small apartment blocks on the banks of the Ganges, India's longest river and the sacred Hindu, to blowing, swollen waters overturned cars and trucks have been swept away.
Thousands of soldiers involved in the rescue operations, the Air Force helicopter picking survivors, many Hindu pilgrims and tourists from the foothills of the Himalayas.
So far, about 33,000 people have been rescued this week, according to the Ministry of the Interior. Railways run special train with some people from the disaster area home.
"Whether it is doing whatever," Information and Broadcasting Minister, 马尼什特瓦 told reporters.
The rain eased on Saturday, but more rain is expected early next week.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to those who lost their lives and 50,000 rupees ($ 840), from his country's bailout fund families of injured Rs 200,000 ($ 400). He also promised money to the people who lost their homes.
Singh promised 10 billion rupees (U.S. $ 1.67 million yuan), Uttarakhand, God in Hindu mythology, the worst-hit state, for disaster relief.
So far, the rains do not play in the northern Indian summer planting season, planting rice, sugar, cotton and other agricultural products not yet in full swing.
Rain, early in June, September planting season makes it easier, but if the floods continue, water can delay planting rice or damaged buds.
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