Team to assess lake formation on Rishiganga river in Uttarakhand
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ITBP troops helping in constructing Jhula bridge across disconnected villages across Dhauli Ganga to connect village Bhangyul.. Image Source: IANS News
Dehradun, Feb 12 : Amid growing fears, the Uttarakhand government on Friday sent a team to find whether a lake has been formed in the catchment area of the Rishiganga river, which had caused a deluge on February 7.
The team comprising NDRF and SDRF personnel will trek the tough terrains to collect first hand information of the lake formation in the higher altitudes of the Himalayas. This team will trek to see exact location of the lake, if any, and submit a report in this regard, said DIG Nilesh Anand Bharne, who is also the spokesman of the state police.
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ITBP personnel flashing torches inside a NTPC hydel project tunnel, where around 35 workers are trapped, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. AP
A new flood or new debris rolling down could impede relief work.
Scientists continue to be uncertain about the downstream impact of a pool of water that is building up at the spot in the Rishiganga river from where the avalanche on Sunday first struck Raini village, destroying a hydroelectric plant as well as damaging and trapping workers in the Tapovan dam downstream.
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Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for construction workers trapped by flood debris at the in-progress Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric dam in Uttarakhand, a state in northern India. Credit: Sajjad Hussain
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On Sunday morning a wall of thick, concrete-gray water rushed down India’s Dhauliganga river valley, sweeping dams, houses and people along with it. The official death toll has reached 38, but nearly 200 people remain missing. Flood debris filled a 12-by-15-foot tunnel at a hydroelectric dam project, where more than 30 construction workers remain trapped despite six days of rescue efforts by nearly 600 responders.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): The Uttarakhand flash flood incident took place after a Himalayan glacier from a remote peak fell into water and triggered the huge flood in the state, claimed scientists who have investigated and studied the incident.
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A vehicle stuck in the swamp at the site of the Tapovan hydel project as rescue work is under way.
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Days after a glacier burst in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand caused flash floods, the scientific community is still struggling to understand what triggered the disaster. At the time of writing this article, the death toll was 34 with more than 170 people missing. The floods have also caused heavy damage to public and private infrastructure, including the NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and the Rishiganga mini hydro project. The incident was reminiscent of the 2013 disaster in Uttarakhand which killed thousands.