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Indo Tibetan Border Police personnel undertake rescue work at one of the hydropower project at Reni village in Chamoli district, in Indian state of Uttrakhund
DEHRADUN: Contrary to the initial claims that a glacier burst caused flash floods in Tapovan area of Chamoli district on Sunday, a fresh satellite assessment done by the Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), which is part of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has indicated that a landslide in all likelihood triggered an avalanche, resulting in the flash floods.
The IIRS report which was submitted to the state government on Monday, says, “A landslide scar at an elevation of 5600 meters in the catchment of Rishiganga probably destabilised freshly- accumulated snow and initiated its downward movement.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said that as per the team of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) there was no glacier burst in Chamoli but rather it was the result of a sudden slide of snow accumulated on top of the mountain.
Uttarakhand Floods | A disaster foretold
International geologists and glaciologists studying satellite imagery say the cause of the flooding disaster to be a landslide and not a glacial outburst February 09, 2021 / 08:22 AM IST
Multiple agencies are working at rescuing over 30 workers feared trapped inside a big tunnel at Tapovan. (Image: PIB in Uttarakhand)
Climate Change? Glacier lake outburst flood? Natural disaster? Manmade calamity? Deforestation? Dams? Roads? Greed? Gods?
The jury is out on what caused the latest Himalayan disaster, when a part of Nandadevi glacier broke off in the Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on February 7 morning, causing massive floods in the Dhauliganga and Rishiganga rivers.
Dehradun, Feb 8 : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said that as per the team of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)