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A glacial broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand on Sunday
The massive flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers damaged houses and the nearby Rishiganga power project
SDRF on Monday said that 26 bodies have been recovered from different areas that were affected by the glacier burst in Chamoli district
Chamoli: Even as the rescue operation is underway at Tapovan tunnel, Joshimath in Uttarakhand, where the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team is deployed to take out debris and try to find survivors from the tunnel, as many as 26 bodies have been recovered from different areas that were affected by the glacier burst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
As rescue operation is underway at the tunnel where 39people are trapped, Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Tuesday said it is hoped that the way will be cleared by noon.
Uttarakhand Dam Burst Rattles Avalanche-Prone Himachal
Most of Himachal’s hydel projects are in areas highly vulnerable to landslides and floods AP Photo outlookindia.com 2021-02-10T09:05:44+05:30
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The Uttarakhand glacier disaster which left a trail of death and destruction in its wake has set off fresh alarm bells in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, which is vulnerable to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and prone to major avalanches, mostly in the geologically unstable trans-Himalayan regions of Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti.
A study by the State Centre on Climate Change, set-up under the Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE) shows that the Satluj basin had a total 562 lakes in 2019 “out of which about 81% (458) lakes are small ones with area less than 5 ha, about 9% (53) falls within the aerial range of 5-10 ha and about 9% (51) are the big one with area more than 10 ha.”
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उत्तरप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने चमोली आपदा के शिकार हुए राज्य के श्रमिकों का पता लगाने के लिए अपने तीन मंत्रियों को मोर्चे पर उतार दिया है। इनमें एक कैबिनेट मंत्री और दो राज्यमंत्री हैं। तीनों मंत्रियों ने मंगलवार को मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेंद्र सिंह रावत से राज्य सचिवालय में मुलाकात की।
उन्होंने बताया कि परियोजनाओं मे उत्तरप्रदेश के 70 श्रमिक काम कर रहे थ�
They had lost hope of survival when one of them found his mobile phone network working, helping them contact the authorities who rescued them from an underground tunnel at Tapovan in Uttarakahnd's Chamoli where flash floods wreaked havoc following a glacier burst.