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Search operation and dewatering process continues in the Tapovan barrage area and tunnel respectively
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Two more bodies were recovered from the flood ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site, taking the death toll in the calamity in Uttarakhand to 67 even as search operations continued there for the 15th day on Sunday.
Three bodies had been recovered from the desilting tank near the Tapovan project barrage by Saturday evening while two more were extricated late at night, district administration officials said.
Search operation at the project site has been underway on a war footing basis for a fortnight since it bore the brunt of an avalanche triggered by a glacier burst over Rishi Ganga in Chamoli district on February 7.
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Identities of 38 bodies have been established so far
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NDRF personnel during their ongoing rescue operations at Tapovan Tunnel in flash flood-hit Chamoli district on February 20, 2021.
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Identities of 38 bodies have been established so far
The death toll in the Uttarakhand s Chamoli disaster rose to 68 even as the search operations continued there for the 15th day on February 21.
The identities of 38 bodies have been established so far.
On Feb. 20, five more bodies were recovered from the Tapovan area three bodies were recovered from the desilting tank near the project barrage by Feb. 20 evening while two more were extricated late at night, district administration officials said.