NEW DELHI: Three persons were confirmed dead and 150 were missing in northern India after a broken glacier caused a major river surge that swept away bridges and roads on Sunday, police said.The.
Sixteen men were rescued safely from a tunnel in the Tapovan project but about 125 were still missing. As night fell in the ecologically fragile Himalayas and rescue work in the difficult to access areas became more difficult, there were fears they may be dead.
15 dead, over 150 missing in Uttarakhand glacier burst
Chief Minister Rawat, who visited the spot, is taking stock of the situation and supervising rescue and relief operations
Monday February 8, 2021 10:57 AM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Chamoli (Uttarakhand): Nearly 150 people are missing or feared dead as a sudden flood inundated a power project at Reni village in Joshimath area of Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on Sunday following a glacier burst, the ITBP, which is engaged in rescue and relief operations there, said.
Citing updated inputs received from local administration, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Pandey said at least 15 bodies have been recovered so far from the spot, and several people have been rescued, while that there is no information about other persons.
As more than 170 labourers are still missing after a glacier break in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district resulted in an avalanche and huge floods in the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday, state DGP Ashok Kumar, said the workers who are missing are most probably from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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