Uttarakhand flood disaster | Relief operation continues in Chamoli
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11 of the 38 recovered bodies have been identified
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11 of the 38 recovered bodies have been identified
The rescue operation at the Tapovan hydel project tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli continued unabated on Friday, following confirmation that there was no immediate danger of water level increasing in the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli Ganga rivers due to the formation of a lake upstream.
“Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, scientists carried out an aerial survey of the lake. They confirmed water discharge from the lake,” said an official, adding that scientists had later indicated there was no immediate threat of a flood in the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli Ganga rivers.
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TAPOVAN: A lake that was formed in the absence of flow in the Rishi Ganga river now poses a greater risk of disaster, if it bursts, than that of the Sunday flashfloods, rue experts.
However, the scientists familiar with the landscape said that the water from the lake started draining on Friday which minimizes the chances of bursting of the water body.
YP Sundariyal, head of the department of geology department of Hemvanti Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University said, The lake is around 250-300 meters long, 80-100 meters wide and of about 25-30 meters height. The lake has a big volume of water and hypothetically speaking if it bursts, it can cause more damage than earlier. Big relief is that the water is slowly draining from the lake so it will not burst. The authorities should try to drain the lake without trying to burst it using experts.
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Of four personnel from Uttarakhand Police posted at Rishi Ganga project, two survived to tell horror of flash flood.
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The Dhauliganga hydro power project near Tapovan tunnel in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand has been badly damaged in the massive flash flood on February 7 | Express
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TAPOVAN/CHAMOLI: As the wheel of fate would have it, head constable Manoj Chaudhary s (42) life came to a full circle. His body was found on Monday floating at a ghat in Pindar river in Karnprayag, the place where he was born.
Karnprayag is at least 120 km away from the spot where he was posted on duty. Chaudhary had completed 24 years in the force in January. It s like he returned here to say goodbye for one last time, says his elder brother Anil Chaudhary as he breaks down talking about him.
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RAINI (UTTARAKHAND): Scientists and experts who inspected the disaster site in Chamoli have said that it is too early to determine the exact cause of the flash floods. So far, 32 bodies have been recovered and 174 are still missing. Kalachand Sai, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology which has sent a team of experts to find out what caused the disaster, said: “At this stage, it is difficult to pin point the exact cause of the flash floods.
We are on the ground taking samples and examining everything. Once we analyse everything, then only we can tell what happened.” This team of five scientists from WIHG are in Tapovan, Raini and other locations to collect samples of muck, water and debris. They said that two causes glacier break and avalanche cannot be ruled out. “There can be multiple causes such as an avalanche or glacier break or may be both. We do not see any reason to determine it as a standard Glacial Lake Outburst Flood,” s
The state government has reportedly issued written instructions refraining the scientists and experts from making any comments or statements until something concrete comes out in any investigation.