The body was found at a coffer barrage of the THDC, it said. With this recovery, the toll in the February 7 disaster has risen to 62 while 142 people are still missing, they said. The number of bodies recovered from the intake Adit tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project where a massive search operation has been underway ever since the tragedy struck still stands at 13.
2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; U khand disaster toll crosses 60 PTI
Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:54 pm IST
143 are still missing in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7, said the police
Resue teams inside the Tapovan tunnel (Twitter@ITBP official)
Tapovan: Two more bodies were recovered on Thursday from a tunnel of the NTPC s flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and one from Raini as rescue operations continued for the 12th day to reach workers feared trapped inside after a flash flood in Uttarkhand s Chamoli district.
The confirmed death toll in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7 has now mounted to 61 while 143 are still missing, police said.
Read more about Uttarakhand govt to probe Chamoli glacier burst incident: Satpal Maharaj on Business Standard. 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 are recovered from the Tapovan tunnel
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