Landslide triggered snow avalanche in Uttarakhand: Amit Shah
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New Delhi, Feb 9 : Even as over 26 bodies have been recovered after the flood near Joshimath in Uttarakhand so far, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said a landslide triggered the snow avalanche leading to the tragic incident in the state. The Minister said the landslide triggered snow avalanche covering approximately 14 square km area and caused a flash flood in the Rishiganga river downstream in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district. He further said that the incident was observed from the satellite data (Planet Lab) of February 7, 2021 (Sunday) in catchment of Rishi Ganga river at the terminus of the glacier at an altitude of 5,600 metres.
NEW DELHI: While informing the Rajya Sabha that 20 people had lost their lives, six were injured and 197 had gone missing in the avalanche disaster in Uttarakhand, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday sought to reassure the MPs that the Centre and state government were working in tandem for timely rescue and relief in the affected areas.
Making a suo motu statement in the upper House, Shah said the state government has ruled out any danger of downstream flooding as the rise in water level has been contained. “Centre and state government have been keeping a strict vigil on the situation. It is observed from the satellite data (Planet Lab) of 7 February, 2021, in catchment of Rishi Ganga river at the terminus of the glacier at an altitude of 5,600 m, a landslide triggered a snow avalanche covering approximately 14 sq km area and causing a flash flood in the downstream of Rishi Ganga river,” he informed the MPs.
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It is not for the first time that the area is witnessing such a natural disaster. It is also not the first time that the government has allowed dam projects in the fragile Himalayan ecology
It has been more than 48 hours, but the villagers of Raini are still reeling from effects of the loud crashing sound that was followed by an almost deafening roar of the river, as it bolstered down the narrow gorge on February 7. From the cluster of glaciers of the Nanda Devi massif, a hefty chunk got detached and was swept down the Rishiganga gorge towards the base of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, and it took less than ten seconds for the flash flood to completely submerge the dam structure of the Rishiganga hydropower project, blasting it into smithereens.
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Yesterday (7 February), tragedy hit the fragile ecological region of Uttarakhand when a glacier sheet broke away In Chamoli, triggering a massive flood in Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers.
As waters came rushing in, the houses on the riverside were submerged. Boulders and debris carried by the water washed away the Raini power project causing a massive impact on Tapovan.
Two power projects â NTPCâs Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project â were extensively damaged with labourers getting trapped inside the tunnels.
A team of scientists, flown to Dehradun after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand, left for the Joshimath area on Monday for surveillance and reconnaissance.