Expert Team Widens Mouth Of Rishiganga Lake By 15 Feet; Will Enable Faster Drainage And Prevent Repeat Tragedy
Source: Oneindia
The 30-member expert team has widened the mouth of the lake that was formed upstream Rishiganga river by 15 feet,
Hindustan Timesreports.
This lake was formed by flash floods caused in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) commandant Navneet Bhullar mentioned that the lakeâs mouth widening has led to quicker drainage and it will prevent another occurrence of a similar tragedy.
Bhullar added, âIn a daring effort, the team has widened the mouth of the lake in a very difficult terrain, which has increased the discharge from the lake. Due to this, the chances of lake burst or Chamoli-like tragedy happening again have been averted. And our team members are still camping there to try to widen the mouth further.â
Uttarakhand Floods: Two More Bodies Recovered from Tunnel, Death Toll Rises to 58
Eleven of the bodies were recovered from the tunnel at the National Thermal Power Corporation s Tapovan-Vishnugad project site, where about 30 people were initially feared trapped.
Rescue operations underway near Dhauliganga hydropower project Photo: PTI
Society17/Feb/2021
Tapovan/Dehradun: Two more bodies were recovered early Tuesday from the Tapovan tunnel where efforts were underway on the 10th consecutive day to reach workers feared trapped inside after a flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.
The confirmed death toll in the Chamoli disaster has now mounted to 58 and another 148 people are missing, an official said.
How two truck drivers at the hydel project site in Tapovan escaped death
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Even as the Chamoli flash floods claimed several lives, there were some who defied death rather miraculously.
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(This story originally appeared in on Feb 16, 2021)TAPOVAN: Even as the Chamoli flash floods claimed several lives, there were some who defied death rather miraculously. One such person is Rajendra Kainthura, a truck driver working in Tapovan, who managed to survive the deluge.
“On the fateful Sunday (February 7), I was unloading construction material from my truck. It was then that I saw river waters coming with full force towards the hydropower projects in Tapovan and Rishiganga. Before I could realise anything, my truck was hit by a wave and the truck turned sideways. Water and slush started filling inside the cabin. I broke the glass window on my side and somehow managed to get out.” He added, “Such was the force of water that if I had been a
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As rescuers continue round-the-clock operation to pull out those believed to be stuck inside a tunnel in Tapovan area after last Sunday s (February 7) flash floods, a geologist has alerted the authorities of impending danger by a lake formed by debris of the avalanche. The lake has blocked the path of Rishiganga river.Â
In a video shared by Garhwal University Geologist Dr Naresh Rana, it can be clearly seen that the river flow has been blocked by debris resulting in formation of a huge lake. The breach of the lake could trigger another devastating flash flood in the region and hamper the rescue work downstream.Â