Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 17 (ANI): Following the Uttarakhand glacial burst catastrophe, the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority (UDMA) on Wednesday said that so far 58 bodies have been recovered and 146 were missing. The UDMA said rescue operations are underway.
These are the first bodies to be recovered from the site where muck-clearing and drilling operations have been underway on a war-footing since last Sunday.
Read more about Two more bodies recovered at Tapovan tunnel, rescue operation intensified on Business Standard. The Uttarakhand police, State Disaster Response Fund and National Disaster Response Force jawans are taking out the bodies, the DGP added
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Chamoli:
Two more bodies have been recovered from the slush of the Tapovan tunnel, where rescue operation has been underway since February 7, said Uttarakhand Director-General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Sunday.
A total of 40 bodies have been recovered so far in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident, of which most of the bodies remain unidentified.
The Uttarakhand police, State Disaster Response Fund and National Disaster Response Force jawans are taking out the bodies, the DGP added. Recovered 2 bodies from the slush of the main tunnel at Tapovan where rescue operation was going on since 7th February Uttarakhand police, SDRF and NDRF jawans are taking out the bodies, DGP Kumar tweeted.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 14 (ANI): Two more bodies have been recovered from the slush of the Tapovan tunnel, where rescue operation has been underway since February 7, said Uttarakhand Director-General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Sunday.