All 15 Bodies Recovered From Sumna Avalanche Site Were BRO Workers From Jharkhand
The avalanche hit Sumna on Friday last week, after which, BRO workers engaged in a project there went missing.
Indian Army at work on rescue efforts near the Sumna avalanche site. Photo: Twitter/@suryacommand
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Gopeshwar: The search operation for workers who went missing after the avalanche in Sumna near the India-China border in Chamoli district continued on Tuesday. All 15 bodies recovered from the site are of BRO workers from Jharkhand.
After a post mortem of the bodies in Joshimath, they were sent to Shrinagar Garhwal Hospital for embalming by the district administration.
Sumna, where the avalanche occurred on Friday, is located near the confluence of the Girthigad and Kiogad, two streams that originate from the Dhauli Ganga river, which witnessed a calamitous avalanche in February, killing 80 people and leaving 126 missing. Seven people injured in the incident are undergoing treatment. Five of them are receiving treatment at Joshimath Army Hospital.
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Search operation at the project site has been underway on a war footing for more than 13 days since it bore the brunt of an avalanche triggered by a glacial burst over Rishiganga river in Chamoli.
Updated Feb 20, 2021 | 23:30 IST
Earlier today, ITBP and DRDO teams returned to Joshimath after a detailed survey of the lake formed in the upper reaches of Chamoli. The report will be submitted to the administration. Rescue operations to recover trapped victims in the tunnel in Tapovan continue as the daybreak | Photo Credit: PTI
Dehradun: Five more bodies were recovered from NTPC s flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site on Saturday, taking the death toll in the February 7 glacial disaster in Uttarakhand to 65, the officials said.
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said, five more bodies have been recovered from the debris of the dam at Tapovan in Chamoli district. With this, a total of 67 bodies have been recovered so far.