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  Uttarakhand disaster: 2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel, toll rises to 58

  India | February 17, 2021 7:37 IST

  Rescue work at the site progressed slower Tuesday than on other days with water seeping out of the debris from the yet to be cleared portion of the tunnel.

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  Uttarakhand disaster: Over 300 personnel join rescue operations in Chamoli; toll rises to 58

  India | February 16, 2021 13:04 IST

  Meanwhile, the death toll in the avalanche triggered by the bursting of a glacier in Chamoli has gone up to 58 as a total of 11 bodies have so far been recovered from the Tapovan tunnel, whereas 146 people are still missing, said Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday.

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  Chamoli glacier burst: Death toll mounts to 54

  News | February 15, 2021 13:29 IST

  As per Chamoli Police, three bodies were retrieved on February 15 from the Tapovan tunnel, taking the death toll to 54 so far. Cases of 179 missing people have been registered at Joshimath Police Station till now. Relief and rescue operation is still underway. Speaking to ANI, the Deputy Commandant of NDRF, Aditya Pratap Singh said, "Operation is still underway, we are working 24/7."

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  Uttarakhand glacier burst: Alaknanda River flowing at normal level, no alert issued

  India | February 15, 2021 8:11 IST

  A glacier broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand on Sunday, which led to massive flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers and damaged houses and the nearby Rishiganga power project.

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  Chamoli glacier burst: Indian Army using temporary footbridge to connect villages

  News | February 14, 2021 21:20 IST

  The Indian Army is using temporary footbridge to connect the villages cut off after glacier burst. Till now, people of around 13 villages are being benefitted with the help of footbridge.

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  More bodies found in Tapovan tunnel, rescue operation intensified

  News | February 14, 2021 15:00 IST

  5 bodies each recovered in Raini Village and Tapovan tunnel today. Rescue operation in full swing.

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  Uttarakhand flash floods: High turbidity likely to affect water supply in parts of Delhi

  India | February 14, 2021 13:51 IST

  Following a break in a glacier in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, flash floods in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers caused massive destruction of lives and property, last week.

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  Chamoli Glacier Break: SDRF team conducts survey of lake formed near Rishiganga river | Watch

  India | February 14, 2021 0:00 IST

  Days after the Chamoli glacier break in Uttarakhand following which a lake had formed near Raini village, posing another danger, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team on Saturday that reached the lake formation site, reviewed the situation.

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  Tapovan tunnel rescue: Rescuers shift strategy to locate trapped workers

  India | February 13, 2021 12:13 IST

  Drilling of a 12-meter-long hole of 75 mm diameter in the intake adit tunnel to its inside has been successful, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Tapovan, General Manager, RP Ahirwal said.

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  Rescue operation continues at Tapovan in Chamoli District on the sixth day, 36 bodies recovered

  News | February 12, 2021 11:20 IST

  Rescue operation continues at Tapovan in Chamoli District on the sixth day. According to the State Government 36 bodies have been recovered, 204 people still missing.

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  Chamoli Disaster: Rescue teams starts drilling operation to peep into the tunnel

  News | February 11, 2021 10:04 IST

  Agencies are using drones, remote-sensing equipment and drilling machines to reach those trapped for three days as the operation continues 24x7.

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  34 people of UP's Lakhimpur Kheri missing in Chamoli glacier disaster

  News | February 10, 2021 20:00 IST

  While speaking to ANI, the Tehsildar of Nighasan in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district, Dharmendra Pandey said, "A total of 57 people from Nighasan were there in Uttarakhand's Chamoli.

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  Special News | ITBP, NDRF, SDRF & other agencies continue to conduct rescue operation inside Tapovan tunnel

  News | February 10, 2021 16:05 IST

  A team ITBP, NDRF, SDRF & other agencies continue to conduct rescue operation inside Tapovan tunnel, Uttarakhand on the third day. A meeting of all agencies incl senior officials of ITBP, NDRF, Army & local administration called today to decide further course of action.

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  Uttarakhand floods: Rescue operations continue inside Tapovan tunnel to locate nearly 35 workers

  India | February 10, 2021 11:16 IST

  As per the latest updates provided by the State Emergency Operation Centre here, 32 bodies have been recovered from different places in the disaster-hit areas while 174 are still missing. 

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  Uttarakhand disaster: Flash floods caused due to hanging glacier collapse, says scientist

  News | February 10, 2021 11:20 IST

  The flash floods that hit parts of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district two days ago was due to the collapse of a hanging glacier. A hanging glacier is a body of ice that breaks off abruptly at the edge of a precipice or steep slope.

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  Collapse of rock mass weakened due to freezing may have caused Uttarakhand flash floods: Scientists

  India | February 09, 2021 16:54 IST

  The crashing rock mass also brought earth and mounds of snow with it. The friction may have resulted in heating, which could have caused the floods, the observations suggest.

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  Watch: Uttarakhand CM conducts aerial survey of areas affected due to glacier disaster

  News | February 09, 2021 16:28 IST

  Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat conducted an aerial survey on February 09. He monitored the areas affected due to glacier disaster in Chamoli district.

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  Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks about glacier disaster in Chamoli, Uttarakhand

  News | February 09, 2021 16:32 IST

  450 jawans of ITBP, 5 teams of NDRF, 8 teams of Indian Army, a Navy team and 5 IAF helicopters are engaged in search and rescue operation: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha on Uttarakhand glacier disaster

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  Chamoli disaster: CM Rawat visits ITBP hospital, meets injured people

  News | February 09, 2021 16:32 IST

  Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat visited Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) hospital in Joshimath, Chamoli on February 09. He met the people who are injured in glacier burst. A flash flood triggered due to glacier burst on February 07 in Chamoli district where around 170 people are still missing and several died.

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  Teams of SDRF, Army, ITBP continue rescue operation at Tapovan Tunnel

  News | February 09, 2021 11:00 IST

  Rescue efforts in the affected areas near Joshimath, about 295 km from here, gained momentum with teams of the Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) coordinating to rescue 30-35 people feared trapped in a tunnel at the Tapovan-Vishnugad project.