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An aerial view of the washed-away Tapovan power plant after the February 7 flash-flood, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, February 12, 2021. Photo: PTI
Search operations are still underway to find those declared missing following the Uttarakhand disaster on February 7, 2021.
“As of now [18 March], we have found 74 bodies and 130 people are still missing,” said Swati S. Bhadauria, district magistrate in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India. Chamoli is the district where a hanging, ice-capped rock broke off from a glacier and fell into a meltwater- and debris-formed lake below. The lake subsequently breached, leading to heavy flooding downstream.
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February 7 Uttarakhand, India: A piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into and destroyed a dam called the Rishiganga Hydroelectric Project, according to BBC. Approximately 140 people were missing after the Dhauliganga river flooded quickly. Some argued that this is an example of the impact of climate change however, some activists also blamed the many dams and hydropower projects being built along the region’s rivers. “We have been saying for years how these huge infrastructure projects are making the area more fragile and dangerous but no one listened to us,” said local environmental activist Vimal Bhai, according to
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