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Uttarakhand Floods: Two More Bodies Recovered from Tunnel, Death Toll Rises to 58 Eleven of the bodies were recovered from the tunnel at the National Thermal Power Corporation s Tapovan-Vishnugad project site, where about 30 people were initially feared trapped. Rescue operations underway near Dhauliganga hydropower project Photo: PTI Society17/Feb/2021 Tapovan/Dehradun: Two more bodies were recovered early Tuesday from the Tapovan tunnel where efforts were underway on the 10th consecutive day to reach workers feared trapped inside after a flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The confirmed death toll in the Chamoli disaster has now mounted to 58 and another 148 people are missing, an official said. ....
Express News Service DEHRADUN: Satpal Maharaj, state irrigation minister of Uttarakhand on Tuesday revived the debate about lost nuclear device strengthening the rumors that it may be the reason behind the flashfloods caused due to melting of the glacier. It s a matter of concern about how glaciers are melting in the mountains resulting in such unfortunate events. The plutonium pack which was kept to monitor China’s movement is no longer there. I request the government to investigate this angle too, said the minister. In year 2018 too, Maharaj had said that he had urged the Prime Minister to take action in this regard. ....
Read more about Uttarakhand govt to probe Chamoli glacier burst incident: Satpal Maharaj on Business Standard. The death toll in the avalanche triggered by the bursting of a glacier in Chamoli has gone up to 58 as a total of 11 bodies are recovered from the Tapovan tunnel ....
URL copied Image Source : PTI BRO personnel carry out rescue and restoration work at Raini village, a week after the glacier burst at Joshimath which triggered a massive flash flood, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Unscientific cutting of Himalayan soil by infrastructure projects is disrupting the fragile ecology of the region and causing disasters, warned a former official of the Geological Survey of India on Tuesday. The former additional director general of GSI Tribhuwan Singh Pangti, who was associated with the now-demolished Rishiganga hydroelectric project for initial two years as a geologist, said the hydroelectric companies working in the Himalayas have no knowledge of land formation of the region due to which all projects are causing natural disasters. ....
URL copied Image Source : PTI Rescue operations continue inside the Tapovan Tunnel, following the glacier burst at Joshimath which triggered a massive flash flood in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Bright lights illuminate the surreal scene deep inside the tunnel: slush and mud, tread marks of vehicles that have been going in and out for the past week, and a single excavator still at work. Three more bodies of the estimated 30 people initially feared trapped inside the Tapovan hydel project tunnel in Uttarakhandâs Chamoli district were pulled out Tuesday. But the pace of work during the day has been slow, officials said. Water is seeping out from the yet to be cleared portion of the tunnel, and is being continuously pumped out. ....