ITBP, NDRF teams rushed to Uttarakhand after glacier breaks off
PTI
New Delhi: Teams of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the National Disaster Response Force were rushed to flood-hit areas in Uttarakhand, where a glacier broke off at Joshimath and caused massive flooding in the Dhauli Ganga river Sunday, officials said.
An ITBP officer said two teams of the force, comprising about 200 personnel, had moved to the affected areas from Joshimath.
The border guarding force has units based in Joshimath as part of its mandate to guard the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
As news of the disaster came in, two teams were rushed from Dehradun to Joshimath, NDRF Director General S N Pradhan added. “We are working to airlift three-four more teams from the Hindon IAF base near Delhi,” he said.