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Uttarakhand Tragedy: 2 Cops Among 32 Dead; Boulders Hamper Rescue Mission in Tapovan Tunnel
The rescue operations continued well into the night on Tuesday. The operation to rescue those trapped in the tunnel is being carried out by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and ITBP personnel.
The combined rescue team has reached up to 130 metres inside the tunnel but there is a lot of debris clogging it. People feared trapped inside the tunnel are said to be at around 200 metres.
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Dehradun: Five more bodies of the around 170 missing in the Uttarakhand disaster were recovered from the debris in Raini village on Tuesday, while rescuers worked through tonnes of muck and slush to rescue more than 30 workers trapped in a tunnel at a power project site in Tapovan, State Emergency Control Centre said. Two policemen deployed at the plant are among the deceased.
Won t Leave Till Our Brothers Are Found : Uttarakhand Survivors Recall Harrowing Escape I will not work in this area again. I agreed because the money was better than what we get in Uttar Pradesh, but nothing is worth more than somebodyâs life,â a survivor said.
Rescue operations underway near the Rishi Ganga Power Project, a day after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Monday, Feb 8, 2021. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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New Delhi: âWe were doing our usual work when it happened,â recalled 24-year-old Mujeem Khan, who was working at the NTPC power plant project when a glacier burst at Chamoli district triggered massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday.
Over 30 people from UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district who worked at a hydro project in Uttrarakhand's Tapovan are missing after flash floods triggered by the breaking off a glacier caused extensive damage there.
Bengaluru mechanic takes flight, chocolates to meet online friend in UP, thrashed by girl’s family
A young man from Bengaluru took a flight to meet a girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, whom he had met online, and reached her home with chocolates and soft toys. But when he reached her residence, he was beaten up by the girl’s family and was handed over to the police.
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UPDATED: January 13, 2021 15:24 IST
The Bengaluru man was taken to the police in Lakhimpur Kheri who later released him on bail. (Representative image: PTI)
A young man from Bengaluru took a flight to meet a girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, whom he had met online, and reached her home with chocolates and soft toys. But when he reached her residence in UP, he was beaten up by the girl’s family and was handed over to the police.