The State Emergency Operation Centre said 27 people were rescued alive 12 from the smaller of the two tunnels at the Tapovan-Vishnugad project site and 15 from the Rishi Ganga site
p Inside a flooded tunnel, a hero, his team and an agonising 7 hours /p p On the ground, ITBP deputy commandant Nitesh Sharma got to work with a 50-member team /p p Senior foreman Vijendra Kumar, 50, kept the spirits of his 11-member team up as they waited in the swamped tunnel /p p It has, so far, been the only successful rescue operation in the Uttarakhand flood all 12 men were saved. /p p The 12 men who had been trapped inside Tunnel Number 2, one of two in NTPC s Tapovan hydel project that got washed away in the glacial outburst-triggered flood on Sunday /p
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The glacier break in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district that resulted in an avalanche and huge floods have killed at least 14 people and over 170 people are missing.
The natural disaster, on Sunday morning, ended in flooding in the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga. While thousands have been evacuated, homes have been washed away in the floods. Reports suggest that the hydel projects of Rishiganga and NTPC have sustained severe damage.
Here s what we know so far: News18 has learnt that at least 14 bodies were discovered by the the Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) and that 170 people are still missing 22 from Rishiganga hydro power project and 148 from the the National Thermal Power Corporation s hydro power project that was under construction.
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.