Uttarakhand floods: 26 bodies recovered, 171 missing; rescue ops on, experts trying to determine cause of disaster 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 FP Staff February 09, 2021 00:31:22 IST ITBP personnel use machinery to clear muck as they try to rescue power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off Sunday and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in Tapovan area of Uttarakhand. (ITBP via AP)
The toll in the Uttarkhand disaster apparently caused by glacier burst has risen to 26 with more bodies being recovered while 171 persons are still missing, officials told news agency