Centre has said that no outbreak of any water, food or air-borne disease has been reported from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in New Delhi that till now, there has been no outbreak of disease reported from the affected areas. He said that Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has asked him to send 40 medical officers.

Mr Azad said three more teams having specialists each in Medicine, Cardiology and Psychiatry will be sent to the hill state.

Besides these, three more teams from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, will be sent to provide psychiatric help and counselling to people there.

A three-member high-level committee from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in Dehradun to review the public health situation with state health authorities.

Meanwhile, relief and rescue operation to evacuate stranded pilgrims and tourists from the disaster affected areas is in its last leg.

About 2500 people are stranded at Badrinath and Pithoragarh and the Chief Secretary of State, Subhash Kumar has said if weather favours, they will be evacuated within three to four days.

A total of 1, 04,687 people have been evacuated from different locations till now. Above 2000 were evacuated from Badrinath, Gangotri valley and Pithoragarh yesterday by road and air.

17 helicopters including 10 from Air Force and Army were pressed into service for evacuation operation.

Official spokesperson has claimed that Kedarnath valley, Gangotri valley and famous Sikh pilgrimage Hemkund in Chamoli have been totally cleared of all stranded pilgrims.

Our correspondent reports that state machinery has intensified efforts to restore the damaged infrastructure.