UPDATED: February 14, 2021 08:06 IST
Rescue operations continue at Tapovan tunnel where 30 people are trapped after flash floods in Uttarakhand. (PTI)
Rescuers on Saturday began boring a wider and deeper hole into the tunnel at the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in an attempt to reach the over 30 people trapped inside for nearly a week.
“The Silt Flushing Tunnel (SFT) was punctured on Friday night itself by drilling a 75mm-diameter hole into it but now it is being widened to 300 mm so that a camera and a water flushing pipe could be inserted into the tunnel where the trapped are possibly located,” news agency PTI quoted General Manager of the NTPC project R P Ahirwal as saying.
Some footbridges were washed away after the flash floods in Uttarakhand. (Photo: ANI)
After the Uttarakhand flash floods cut off various villages from other parts of the region, Indian Army has started using trolleys to transport people from one point to another. A footbridge was broken due to flash floods, leaving people in villages disconnected. We ve built aerial river crossing to provide connectivity, news agency ANI quoted Major Utkarsh Shukla as saying.
Uttarakhand: Indian Army uses trolley to connect villages cut off after glacier burst in Chamoli A footbridge was broken due to flash floods, leaving people in villages disconnected. We ve built aerial river crossing to provide connectivity, says Major Utkarsh Shukla pic.twitter.com/aQEWqQeC6K ANI (@ANI) February 12, 2021
Updated Feb 10, 2021 | 17:36 IST
Experts say climate change is a possible cause of a glacier burst that caused flash floods in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand this week. The natural disaster has raised questions over development in the area. Rescue operations underway after a house collapsed in Ghat village of Uttarakhand s Chamoli district (File Photo) | Photo Credit: IANS
Key Highlights
Possibility of glacier burst or GLOF as cause of flash floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand puts spotlight on climate change
Experts say the glacier burst could be a result of decades of temperature changes resulting in unstable glaciers
Imperative to look at developmental projects in the fragile ecosystem in light of natural disaster
Time was running out to save dozens of people trapped inside a tunnel three days after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a glacier burst in India's Himalayan north, officials said Wednesday.
Chamoli Tragedy: Trail of Destruction
Chamoli Tragedy: Trail of Destruction
The initial 35 km journey of the flood has been most dangerous, which washed away roads, bridges and damaged every structure that came its way. Using fresh high-resolution satellite imagery from the space firm Planets Labs and Indian Space Research Organization s (ISRO) Cartosat satellites, we try to follow this destructive journey in the Himalayas.
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Relative of a person missing after the Uttarakhand flash floods awaits his return. (Photo: PTI)
The Sunday
flash floods in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district have been incredibly destructive, causing loss of lives and property. The initial 35 km journey of the flood has been most dangerous, which