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Updated: February 08, 2021 22:38 IST ‘The work of removing slush from the 2.5-km-long tunnel at Tapovan is still under way and JCB has been deployed,’ NDRF Director-General S.N. Pradhan Share Article AAA This photograph provided by ITBP shows a man reacting after he was pulled out from beneath the ground during rescue operations after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand   | Photo Credit: AP ‘The work of removing slush from the 2.5-km-long tunnel at Tapovan is still under way and JCB has been deployed,’ NDRF Director-General S.N. Pradhan The death toll in the Nanda Devi “glacier burst” in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district went up to 26 on Monday, even as operations continued for the second day to rescue about 35 labourers trapped inside the 2.5-km-long Tapovan hydel project tunnel filled with slush and debris. A total of 171 persons, including trapped workers, still remain missing.

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