Chamoli disaster toll goes up to 71
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Search for missing people continues in the disaster-hit areas of Tapovan, in Chamoli district, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
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The toll in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli disaster went up to 71 on Thursday, according to the State public information bureau. The identities of 40 bodies have been established while 30 human body parts have so far been found at different places.
The police have sent the DNA samples of 110 family members of the missing persons and 86 bodies/body parts to the forensic science laboratory in Dehradun for matching.
The Joshimath police have registered 205 missing reports.
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No imminent danger in artificial lake formed after glacier burst in Chamoli: Uttarakhand Chief Secy
There is no imminent danger in the artificial lake formed after the avalanche in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand as the volume of water is less than expected and is flowing through a natural channel that has been widened, informed the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary on Monday.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Monday held a meeting with Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash and other top officials via video conferencing to review the status of the artificial lake formed in wake of an avalanche incident in the upper catchment of the Rishiganga River in Chamoli District on February 7.
The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has reached 70 after two more bodies were recovered from the debris, according to the state government on Tuesday. According to the information received from the disaster control room yesterday, one dead body was recovered from Srinagar Chauras and one from Kirti Nagar. Of the 206 missings, 70 bodies and 29 human organs have been recovered so far, said the Uttarakhand government. Meanwhile, the rescue and search operation for 134 missing people is underway. Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel along with National Disaster Response Force and other sister agencies have been conducting search and rescue operations in Chamoli district.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Monday have reached up to 171 metres inside the Tapovan tunnel. According to NDRF, the excavation work went on from 11:50 pm to 2:15 am last night to dewater the tunnel. Union Home secretary Ajay Bhalla is scheduled to hold a meeting today with Director General of Police (DG) SS Deswal of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Uttarakhand state officials and other senior officials to discuss further course of action on the artificial lake created after the flood in Chamoli district, according to government sources. The progress of rescue and relief work will also be discussed in the meeting.