Five bodies of students were found in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district while the fate of 19 others who were washed away in Beas river that saw a flash-flood after the release of water from a hydropower project is still unknown, an official said.
he toll in Sunday's accident has risen to five, Additional Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Rai told IANS over phone on Monday. Rai said one of the bodies was recovered from Pandoh dam, whose floodgates were closed after the accident. The dam is some 15 km downstream from the accident spot. The accident spot is located some 200 km from state capital Shimla and on the border of Kullu and Mandi districts. At least 24 students, including six girls of the VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad, were reported missing after strong currents in the mighty Beas river washed them away.

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