Chamoli Glacier Burst: Workers have been clearing rocks and mud from the tunnel since Sunday s disaster.
Highlights
Only 34 bodies have been recovered so far
Glaciers have been melting rapidly in the state because of global warming
Rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel on Thursday in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier.
Workers have toiled night and day clearing rocks and mud from the tunnel at a damaged hydroelectric plant at Tapovan in Uttarakhand since Sunday s disaster.
More than 170 people are missing elsewhere in the Himalayan state, slightly smaller than Switzerland, after the disaster. Because of the amount of debris, only 34 bodies have been recovered so far.
31 Dead In Uttarakhand Disaster; Race Against Time In Tunnel Rescue Op Uttarakhand Glacier: The tunnel, where 35 people are feared trapped, is being cleared by the State Disaster Response Force and ITBP.
Updated: February 09, 2021 1:37 pm IST
Chamoli Glacier: An IAF Mi-17 is carryig NDRF personnel from Dehradun for Joshimath.
Dehradun:
A third day of massive search and rescue operation was underway today in Uttarakhand, parts of which were on Sunday hit by massive flooding following a glacier burst, killing 31 people. Disaster response teams, along with the armed forces, police, and paramilitary, continued to look for survivors among the nearly 175 missing.
Up to 450 jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol (ITBP), five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), eight teams of the Indian Army, a Navy team, and ffve Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters were engaged in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha.