Uttarakhand glacier burst: Rising waters interrupt rescue effort, operation resumes after all-clear | Dehradun News
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Chamoli locals recount horror Chamoli district magistrate Swati S Bhadauria said work was temporarily halted as a precautionary measure. Amid mounting concern over the lives of those inside, the focal point of the rescue operation remains the 1.5-km "head-race tunnel" -- a part of the 2.5-km long network of tunnels. "A drilling operation was started by the rescue teams at 2 am to peep into the slush-flushing tunnel that is about 12-13 metres below," Vivek Kumar Pandey, the spokesperson for the lead rescue agency, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), said in Delhi...
Source: indiatimes.com
