Uttarakhand glacier burst Updates: Toll rises to 31, race against time to rescue those trapped in tunnel
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Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 16:08 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 09: The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 31 with five more bodies being recovered, officials said on Tuesday as multiple agencies raced against time to reach about 30 workers trapped inside a tunnel in a power project site and 175 people remained missing.
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The missing people include those working at NTPC s 480 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project and the 13.2 MW Rishiganga Hydel Project and villagers whose homes nearby were washed away.
Over 150 labourers working at a power project in Tapovan-Reni are feared dead, an Indo Tibetan Border Police spokesperson said while quoting the project-in charge. Three bodies were recovered.
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A rescued worker, who was trapped in a flooded tunnel near Tapovan Dam, rejoices as rescue personnel pull him out of the debris. At least 16 workers were rescued by an ITBP team.
A day after the catastrophe - which saw Nanda Devi glacier burst through its banks at Joshimath, triggering an avalanche and a deluge - multi-agency relief operations continue in Chamoli and adjoining areas of the state.
FOLLOW US ON: We are hopeful, for 72 hours there are chances of survival, said Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday. A day after the catastrophe - which saw Nanda Devi glacier burst through its banks at Joshimath, triggering an avalanche and a deluge - multi-agency relief operations continue in Chamoli and adjoining areas of the state.
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The Uttarakhand glacier disaster came as a grim reminder of the Kedarnath deluge of 2013, which led to widespread devastation in the ecologically fragile Himalayan region.