Highlights
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.
NEW DELHI: The fate of NTPC’s 520-MW Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project hangs in balance as India’s largest power company is estimated to have suffered a loss of Rs 1,500 crore due to damage to the construction caused by Sunday’s flash flood in Uttarakhand.
The company, however, told the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday that the “damage may not be considered material or significant” as per SEBI norms in the light of overall size of the company’s operations and its total capacity and “appropriate insurance cover” was available for the losses.
But power minister Raj Kumar Singh said that it was difficult to say when the project can be commissioned.The executives said about 70% of the work had been completed. This is the second setback for the Rs 13,500-crore project, which had suffered damage in the flash floods of June 2013.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said that as per the team of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) there was no glacier burst in Chamoli but rather it was the result of a sudden slide of snow accumulated on top of the mountain.