Dehradun, Sept. 18 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami flagged off a convoy of vehicles carrying essential relief materials for the disaster-affected people of neighbouring Nepal from the Chief Minister's Camp Office on Friday.

The consignment, comprising crucial relief provisions, has been dispatched to assist families grappling with the aftermath of recent natural calamities in the Himalayan nation.

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal has climbed to 1,410, while 6,145 people remain missing, according to the latest update issued by Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), as rescue, relief and recovery operations continue across the affected districts.

The NDRRMA's...