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Uttarakhand: Bollywood Celebs Call Glacier Smash a Man-Made Disaster, Pray for Peoples Safety © AP Photo Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202102071082006974-uttarakhand-bollywood-celebs-call-glacier-smash-a-man-made-disaster-pray-for-peoples-safety/ Part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off on Sunday morning in Uttarakhand states Chamoli district in India, triggering an avalanche and flooding. Several are reportedly dead a...

The NCMC was also informed that the 13.2 MW Rishiganga hydro project was swept away after the glacier burst led to a rise in water levels in the river.

The Himalayan area has a chain of power projects on the Alaknanda River and its tributaries.

Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a mountain glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a...

Read more about Glacier burst: IMD says no adverse weather over affected areas on Feb 7, 8 on Business Standard. The MeT department Sunday said no adverse weather events are expected over Chamoli, Tapovan and Joshimath in Uttarakhand on February 7 and 8, in a relief for the area hit by a major glacier burst.

The Prime Minister added that relief work is in full progress in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, where a glacier burst, leading to a massive flood and causing large-scale devastation.

URL copied Indian Air Force shares recce initial report from site of Uttarakhand flash flood. The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday shared a recce initial report from site of Uttarakhand flash flood which occurred after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier burst off Joshimath region in Chamoli. The IAF has shared two photos. Picture one showed visuals from broken Rishiganga Project Dam near Tapovan while the second picture showed road & bridge broken due to Rubble at the entrance at Mal...

At least nine people have been killed and 140 are missing.

Bollywood celebrities, too, took to Twitter to condole the demise and pray for those affected in the Uttarakhand incident.

Over 150 labourers working at the Rishi Ganga power project may have been directly affected, said State Disaster Response Force.