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DEHRADUN: After MS Khati, additional chief medical officer of Chamoli district said that those found from the tunnel must have been alive for 4-5 days, the state government officials issued a clarification on Tuesday evening.
MS Khati, the ACMO earlier in the day had said, Most people found in the tunnel died 2-3 days after the flash floods. The post-mortem reports indicate that they died 4-5 days back. Many of died on February 12-13.
A total of 11 bodies have been recovered from the Tapovan tunnel out of which two were recovered on Tuesday.
Dr GS Rana, chief medical officer of Chamoli district who featured in the clarification video on the matter, said, The Post-mortem of all 58 bodies has been conducted following the norms. These people died of trauma due to multiple reasons including injuires, filling of sludge, muck, sand and water in their lungs. I have been conducting the PMs myself and supervising the teams doing so. After going through every s
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Rescue operations continue inside the Tapovan Tunnel, following the glacier burst at Joshimath which triggered a massive flash flood in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
Bright lights illuminate the surreal scene deep inside the tunnel: slush and mud, tread marks of vehicles that have been going in and out for the past week, and a single excavator still at work. Three more bodies of the estimated 30 people initially feared trapped inside the Tapovan hydel project tunnel in Uttarakhandâs Chamoli district were pulled out Tuesday.
But the pace of work during the day has been slow, officials said. Water is seeping out from the yet to be cleared portion of the tunnel, and is being continuously pumped out.
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A total of 53 bodies have so far been recovered from the Tapovan Tunnel in Chamoli district’s Joshimath, news agency ANI cited Uttarakhand’s State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) as saying.
This came following an eight-day operation to rescue around 30 people feared trapped in the tunnel after a flashflood-hit Chamoli district’s Joshimath area on February 7. On February 14, the authority had said that 41 bodies had been recovered. The flash flood may have been possibly triggered by an avalanche in the upper reaches of the Alaknanda river system.
Three more bodies were recovered Monday from the Tapovan tunnel, taking the toll in the Uttarakhand flash flood to 54 as hopes of finding survivors there over a week after the disaster dimmed.
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With the recovery of two more bodies on Tuesday, the cumulative toll in Chamoli s glacial disaster has mounted to 58 while 146 people are still missing, a police official said. Stay with TOI for latest updates
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 17, 2021, 12:19:46 IST
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12:19 (IST) Feb 17
After waterlogging inside the tunnel, dewatering underway using pumps. 1 area left for search in Raini. Working on nature s indications too, received info that many stray dogs are wandering in Gaurikund. Sending a team to look for bodies, if any: Dy Commandant, NDRF