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Chamoli Disaster: One More Body Recovered From Tapovan Tunnel, Toll Rises to 81
The glacier burst in February led to a massive loss of life with over a hundred still missing.
The damaged Rishiganga Power Project. Photo: PTI
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Gopeshwar:Â More than two months after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, one more body was recovered from the Tapovan tunnel on Saturday, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 81.
The rescue teams recovered the body from a tunnel at the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in the morning, the Chamoli district disaster control room said.
Use of Chinese drones in Uttarakhand red-flagged
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ET has learnt that the post-operations assessment report mentions that a couple of startups used Chinese-made DJI drones for mapping, which have been under the scanner for “information privacy” purposes. Also, it mentions that countries like the US have banned these drones for sensitive use.
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India-made drones, however, are believed to have faced difficulties while navigating inside the Tapovan tunnel. (Representative Image)
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The use of Chinese drones for mapping by some Indian startups, roped in for the first time during two-week long relief operation at Chamoli in Uttarakhand, has been red-flagged as an area of concern for future deployment of such technology in government-aided relief missions.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 25 (ANI): The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has gone up to 71, according to the state government on Thursday.
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Chamoli: DG ITBP SS Deswal along with senior officials reviews rescue and restoration work at Tapovan and Raini area, weeks after the glacier burst at Joshimath which triggered a massive flash flood on Feb. 7, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.
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.