“Many of us do not sleep through the night. We wake up suddenly in the fear that it may happen again,” said Devi, who headed the village’s women committee | Latest News India
Authorities in India's Uttarakhand have ordered immediate evacuation of nearly 600 families from their houses that have developed huge cracks in Joshimath town and faces a serious threat of land subsidence reportedly due to unplanned infrastructure development in an environmentally-fragile area.
A Month Since Chamoli Disaster, Scientists Have Reason To Anticipate More 07/03/2021
A view of the portion of the Rishi Ganga river ravaged by floods on February 7, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis.
New Delhi: A month after the disaster in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, in which at least 70 persons died and 130 or so more remain missing, scientists from three premier institutions have analysed more data to determine the likely cause of the incident – including heavy snowfall just before the day of the disaster, an overall increase in ambient temperature in the area, a rock and ice avalanche at an altitude of 5,600 metres, and a large volume of meltwater and glacial moraine hurtling down a narrow gorge.
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.