A multi-agency rescue work, involving teams from Army, NDRF, SDRF, is underway since Sunday, February 7, when the sudden flood in the Alaknanda river system wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand.
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.
JCB machines are continuously on the task to clear the tunnel near Tapovan dam in Chamoli district. Teams are focused towards clearing the debris and slush which is blocking the way.
ITBP personnel provided ration items to Pang village in Pauri Garhwal that has been cut off due to flash flood, in Uttarakhand today. A glacial broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand which led to massive flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers and damaged houses and the nearby Rishiganga power project. As many as 32 bodies have been recovered so far from different areas hit by the glacier burst.
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.
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.
A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier possibly burst through its banks in Chamoli on Sunday. It triggered an avalanche and a deluge that ripped through the Alaknanda river system in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas.
The four belong to Chikad and Sagrampur villages which are near Chief Minister Hemant Soren''s native village Nemra. There is no news of them yet.
The rescue work proceeded at a great speed on Monday with teams from the Indian Army, NDRF, SDRF and ITBP removing heavy slush from inside the tunnel. Non-stop rescue work continued overnight. Approximate 120 metres of the tunnel entry has been cleared so far. However, removing the enormous quantity of silt inside the tunnel is making it difficult for the rescue teams to move ahead with speed.
A massive glacier breach in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district caused flash floods in the Dhauli Ganga river, causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecological fragile Himalayas. As per reports, a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli leading to wide-spread devastation.
"Final number of dead body recovered in Tapovan till 8 p.m. on 8th February is 26. 171 people still remain missing out of which around 35 are supposed to be in the Tunnel where rescue operation is still going on."
Cricket Association of Uttarakhand's secretary Mahim Verma rejected Jaffer's claims and said he was given everything he had asked for since being appointed as the state team's coach.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat in an exclusive interview with IndiaTV talked abou the current rescue mission in Chamoli after glacier burst. During the interview CM Rawat slammed those making development the issue behind this tragedy and said that people making such comments should walk out of their AC rooms and see the reality.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat acknowledged that the rescue work is one of the most challenging the world has seen but said he was hopeful that everyone inside the tunnel would be pulled out alive.
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.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday morning conducted an aerial survey of areas affected due to glacier disaster in Chamoli.
Himalayan glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the populations that rely on them, according to scientific explanations.
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.
The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 30 with the recovery of two more bodies, even as a multi-agency operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued on Tuesday.
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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