Uttarakhand glacial disaster death toll climbs to 70
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February 24, 2021 18:24 IST
The government has issued a notification authorising officials to declare presumed dead 136 people who are missing after the flash flood.
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Rescue and restoration work underway near Tapovan tunnel, after a glacier burst on February 7 triggered a flash flood, in Chamoli district on February 23.
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The government has issued a notification authorising officials to declare presumed dead 136 people who are missing after the flash flood.
Rescuers have recovered 70 bodies and 29 body parts so far in search operations following the February 7 glacial disaster in Chamoli, the district police said on Wednesday.
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Aerial view shows washed away Tapovan hydel power project plant after Sundays glacier burst, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Dehradun:
A third day of massive search and rescue operation was underway today in Uttarakhand, parts of which were on Sunday hit by massive flooding following a glacier burst, killing 31 people. Disaster response teams, along with the armed forces, police, and paramilitary, continued to look for survivors among the nearly 175 missing.
Up to 450 jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol (ITBP), five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), eight teams of the Indian Army, a Navy team, and ffve Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters were engaged in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha.
Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 26 bodies recovered, rescue operations to find around 200 under way Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that breaking of the glacier may have caused the disaster. Updated Feb 08, 2021 · 11:04 pm Personnel from the Uttarakhand Police, the Indian Army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and other agencies conduct a rescue operation on Monday. | Uttarakhand Police/ Twtter
Over 200 people were still missing on Monday and 26 bodies were recovered after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off in Uttarakhand and led to flash floods.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that breaking of the glacier may have caused the disaster. He said that experts from the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and other agencies were being roped in.
Mahindra wrote in his post, “Glacier burst is a phrase I was unfamiliar with but which, unfortunately, I think we all will get overly familiar with." A glacier broke off in the Tapovan-Reni area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, leading to massive flooding in the Alaknanda river system that swept away anything stood in the way.