31 Dead In Uttarakhand Disaster; Race Against Time In Tunnel Rescue Op Uttarakhand Glacier: The tunnel, where 35 people are feared trapped, is being cleared by the State Disaster Response Force and ITBP.
Updated: February 09, 2021 1:37 pm IST
Chamoli Glacier: An IAF Mi-17 is carryig NDRF personnel from Dehradun for Joshimath.
Dehradun:
A third day of massive search and rescue operation was underway today in Uttarakhand, parts of which were on Sunday hit by massive flooding following a glacier burst, killing 31 people. Disaster response teams, along with the armed forces, police, and paramilitary, continued to look for survivors among the nearly 175 missing.
Up to 450 jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol (ITBP), five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), eight teams of the Indian Army, a Navy team, and ffve Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters were engaged in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha.
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Uttarakhand Disaster: PM Modi Holds Meeting With State MPs; Amit Shah And JP Nadda Present
As per the latest information, over 170 people are reported to be missing while the death toll has risen to 24, with more bodies being recovered from the debris
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a high-level meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda, and a group of MPs from Uttarakhand to review the glacier burst that had hit the northern state. Taking to Twitter, Uttarakhand BJP MP Anil Baluni shared a video of the meeting saying, Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a group of MPs from Uttarakhand discussed the disaster in the state. On this occasion, Union Home Minister Respected Shri Amit Shah and BJP National President Respected Shri JP Nadda Ji were also present.