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Dehradun: The Uttarakhand police has identified 68 bodies under its project Shinakhth that ran from May 1 to July 20. Of the bodies identified, 42 belonged to residents of Uttarakhand while 26 were of people from other states. A prize has been announced for the Pauri district police team which was successful in identifying 16 bodies.ADG (law and order) Ashok Kumar said that identifying the bodies was a tough task. The unclaimed bodies had been found from March 2015 to March 2018. We used social media and our teams went to different areas of the state and outside to find the identity of the deceased people,” said the senior police officer..