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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A year after the disaster struck, body of yet another Rishiganga tragedy victim has been recovered from a tunnel at the NTPC's hydel project site in Tapovan, an official said on Wednesday. India News | Another Rishiganga Tragedy Victim's Body Found.

A year after the disaster struck, body of yet another Rishiganga tragedy victim has been recovered from a tunnel at the NTPCs hydel project site in Tapovan, an official said on Wednesday. Bodies were found in the tunnel on February 15 and February 21 also.Altogether, over 200 people from Rishiganga project site at Raini and Tapovan-Vishnugad project site at Tapovan had gone missing in the tragedy.

On 7 Feb 2021, a catastrophic mass flow descended the Ronti Gad, Rishiganga, and Dhauliganga valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India, causing widespread devastation and severely damaging two hydropower projects. Over 200 people were killed or are missing. Our analysis of satellite imagery, seismic records, numerical model results, and eyewitness videos reveals that ~27x106 m3 of rock and glacier ice collapsed from the steep north face of Ronti Peak. The rock and ice avalanche rapidly transformed into an extraordinarily large and mobile debris flow that transported boulders >20 m in diameter,...

Indian Soldiers On High Alert Near India-China Border As Another Calamity Strikes The Region April 25, 2021 A glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, close to the India-China border, has put the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on high alert. In February, a similar glacier disaster occurred in the same area, triggering speculation about possible sabotage by the Chinese. According to reports, at least eight people have died in the latest incident that took place on Friday night whereas the Indian Army has rescued around 384 people. The bad weather conditions and road blockades le...