Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that State Government’s priority right now is saving lives of people and experts can tell the reason behind the outburst. “Experts can tell the reason behind the glacier outburst. But our Government is right now focused on saving lives of people,” he said. The glacier burst led to the increase in the water level of Dhualiganga river, and subsumed nearby villages.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday expressed grief over the incident of glacier burst in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand and said that the Central and state governments are working together to try and help the victims. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is my old ministry and workers who lost their lives were serving the nation. My heartfelt tributes to all those departed souls. May God gives strength to their families, he said. When asked to comment on cricketer Sachin Tendulkar s tweet on farmers protest, Scindia said that anyone who had read the three farm laws will understand they are in favour of farmers.