An early survey of the damage caused by the glacier break and flood to Uttarakhand's Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant shows the dam has been "completely washed off", Indian Air Force sources said on Sunday.
Uttarakhand glacier burst
Chamoli glacier broke off near Badrinath in Uttrakhand where a tremendous amount of devastation has been observed. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) & State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) were conducting rescue operations with 153 feared missing from Tapovan project sites after Uttarakhand glacier burst. Uttarakhand Director-General of Police (DGP) informed that the state faced heavy flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers, boulders and debris washed away the Raini power project causing a massive impact on Tapovan due to which 32 people from first and 121 people are missing from the second project.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each to the kin of those who lost their lives due to the glacial burst. 5 NDRF teams, DRDO avalanche experts arrived in Chamoli and National Crisis Management Committee had a meeting to ensure the rescue operations in full swing. Tapovan Hydro-Electric Power D
Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police rescue a man from a tunnel after a glacier collapse wreaks havoc in Northern India At least 18 people are dead and more than 200 have been reported missing after a Himalayan glacier collapsed and unleashed a devastating flood in northern India’s Uttarakhand state. The flood was triggered on Sunday morning after debris from a glacier collapse burst open a dam and flooded a valley, destroying bridges, roads.
Won t Leave Till Our Brothers Are Found : Uttarakhand Survivors Recall Harrowing Escape I will not work in this area again. I agreed because the money was better than what we get in Uttar Pradesh, but nothing is worth more than somebodyâs life,â a survivor said.
Rescue operations underway near the Rishi Ganga Power Project, a day after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Monday, Feb 8, 2021. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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New Delhi: âWe were doing our usual work when it happened,â recalled 24-year-old Mujeem Khan, who was working at the NTPC power plant project when a glacier burst at Chamoli district triggered massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday.