India, Aug. 29 -- Three bodies were recovered from the Gandak river in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district after they apparently drifted into Indian territory from Nepal following the devastating floods there, officials said on Saturday.

The bodies were spotted near barrage pier number 3 in the Madanpur-Sukrauli area of Khadda on Friday. Police and administrative officials reached the spot and began efforts to establish the identities of the deceased.

Khadda SHO Sandeep Singh said State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) monitoring teams noticed the bodies floating in the river and subsequently retrieved them.

The recovered bodies could not be identified immediately. Authorities have shared details with officials in neighbouring Nepal to h...