NEW DELHI (Feb 7): As many as 150 people were feared dead after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into an Indian dam early on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream. "The actual number has not been confirmed yet," but 100 to 150 people were feared dead, Om Prakash, chief secretary of Uttarakhand state where the incident happened, told Reuters.
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The Home Minister said besides the NDRF and the State Disaster Response Force, teams of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have reached the affected areas. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and assured him of all possible support to deal with the situation arising in the wake of a glacier breaking off and causing flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mr. Shah said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed for rescue and relief operations while additional troops of the force were being airlifted from Delhi.
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Locals inspect the site near damaged Dhauliganga hydropower project in Reni village after a glacier broke off in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, causing massive flooding. (Photo: PTI)
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Most of the missing persons are reportedly workers of two NTPC power project Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project which faced the flood fury and were swept away in the gushing waters.