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Expectant Father Among Those Missing After Uttarakhand Glacier Disaster Expectant Father Among Those Missing After Uttarakhand Glacier Disaster Those missing come from all over the country, many of them workers at two of the many hydroelectric dams in the state.
More than 170 people are still unaccounted for after the disaster on Sunday.
From a first-time expectant father to a son whose promised lunch break call never came relatives of those missing after the Uttarakhand glacier disaster waited for news and prayed for a miracle.
More than 170 people are still unaccounted for since Sunday, when a wall of water and debris blamed on a chunk of glacier breaking off upstream barrelled furiously down the valley, leaving a trail of destruction and despair.
The scientists, however, say it is difficult to comment right now if climate change has been directly responsible for the February 7 catastrophic that washed away two upcoming hydropower stations.
Himalayan glaciers are rapidly shrinking; experts explain reasons
Himalayan glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the populations that rely on them.
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| 10 Feb 2021 7:21 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Himalayan glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the populations that rely on them, according to scientific explanations.
Besides the ecosystem services that the glaciers provide, their melting increases the risk of runoffs and floods as recently seen with the Uttarakhand glacier disaster that claimed 26 lives and 197 people still reported missing with rescue operations underway.
Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Drones deployed as flow of silt hampers tunnel operations, relief work
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The multi-agency rescue operation at the NTPC hydel project site has been going on uninterrupted since Sunday, when a possible glacier break in the upper reaches of the Himalayas triggered an avalanche and floods in the Alaknanda river system, with no breakthrough in sight, officials said.
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NEW DELHI: The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) has stepped in to help the Uttarakhand relief and rescue mission with drones and geographical maps of the area, officials have said. Special permission is required to operate drones in Uttarakhand as the state shares borders with China and Nepal.