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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Monday have reached up to 171 metres inside the Tapovan tunnel. According to NDRF, the excavation work went on from 11:50 pm to 2:15 am last night to dewater the tunnel. Union Home secretary Ajay Bhalla is scheduled to hold a meeting today with Director General of Police (DG) SS Deswal of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Uttarakhand state officials and other senior officials to discuss further course of action on the artificial lake ...

Chamoli disaster: Indian Navy Divers measure depth of the lake Total 68 bodies and 28 body parts have been recovered to date while 136 are still listed as missing. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Aerial view shows washed away Tapovan hydel power project plant after Sunday’s glacier burst, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand | PTI Express News Service DEHRADUN: Divers from the Indian Navy formed 8kms upstream from Raini village at Rishi Ganga river to measure the depth of the lake, said, off...

A total of 67 bodies have been recovered so far from the debris of dam Tapovan. NDRF personnel rappelled his way down the mountain to install a gauge in the Dhauliganga river in Chamoli. "Water level of the river is likely to rise. We are installing a gauge to measure its depth and water level," said Aditya P Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF. After a detailed survey of the lake formed in the upper reaches of Chamoli, ITBP and DRDO teams returned to Joshimath. Meanwhile, the State Department R...

The body was found at a coffer barrage of the THDC, it said. With this recovery, the toll in the February 7 disaster has risen to 62 while 142 people are still missing, they said. The number of bodies recovered from the intake Adit tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project where a massive search operation has been underway ever since the tragedy struck still stands at 13.

Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday chaired a virtual meeting to review the status of the artificial lake formed in Murenda in the upp

2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; Ukhand disaster toll crosses 60 PTI Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:54 pm IST 143 are still missing in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7, said the police  Resue teams inside the Tapovan tunnel (Twitter@ITBP_official) Tapovan: Two more bodies were recovered on Thursday from a tunnel of the NTPCs flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and one from Raini as rescue operations continued for the 12th day to reach workers feared trap...

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

Express News Service DEHRADUN: After MS Khati, additional chief medical officer of Chamoli district said that those found from the tunnel must have been alive for 4-5 days, the state government officials issued a clarification on Tuesday evening.   MS Khati, the ACMO earlier in the day had said, "Most people found in the tunnel died 2-3 days after the flash floods. The post-mortem reports indicate that they died 4-5 days back. Many of died on February 12-13." A total of 11 bodies have been rec...

Read more about Uttarakhand glacier burst: 8 bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel so far on Business Standard. As many as 8 bodies have been recovered from Chamolis Tapovan tunnel in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident, said NDRF Deputy Commandant