The glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district wreaked havoc, with more than 150 people feared dead. About 170 workers working on a hydroelectric project are still missing, while the death toll has risen to 28. Indian Army, ITBP and other rescue teams are engaged in relief and rescue work. The flood swept away a small hydroelectric project and damaged a bigger one downstream on the Dhauliganga. Here are some heartbreaking pictures of the aftermath of the glacier burst:
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel using heavy machinery to clear debris as they try to res… Read More
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel using heavy machinery to clear debris as they try to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel, after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off on Sunday, and sent a wall of water and debris crashing down the mountain in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand.
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More than 2,000 members of the military, paramilitary groups and the police, participated in search and rescue operations. In the picture, a view shows a barrage after a part of a glacier broke away and caused glacial flood.
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Water crossing a small dam site, sweeping away construction materials and knocking down small bridges.
Most of those missing were people working on the two projects, part of those the government built de… Read More
Most of those missing were people working on the two projects, part of those the government built deep in the mountains of Uttarakhand state in a development push.
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Read Less Rescue teams focused on drilling a 2.5 km (1.5 mile) tunnel at the site of the Tapovan Vishnugad hyd… Read More
Rescue teams focused on drilling a 2.5 km (1.5 mile) tunnel at the site of the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project that NTPC was building, 5 km (3 miles) downstream, and where about 35 workers might be trapped. In the picture a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel search for more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel.
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Private and IAF helicopters have so far distributed around 100 ration kits in the affected areas of 13 villages, with a total population of around 2,500, officials said, report PTI. In the picture, a muddy area is seen during rescue operations after a glacier burst.
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In the picture people inspect the site near the damaged Dhauliganga hydropower project at Reni village in Chamoli district, after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Tapovan area.
On Tuesday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, undertook an aerial survey of the affe… Read More
On Tuesday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas, visited the ITBP hospital in Joshimath, and met the 12 workers who were rescued from a small tunnel in Tapovan on Sunday evening. In the picture – the damaged Dhauliganga hydropower project at Reni village, report PTI.
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There had yet been no voice contact with anyone in the tunnel. Heavy equipment was used and a canine squad came to the site to locate the survivors. On Sunday, 12 people were rescued from another much smaller tunnel.
It was not immediately clear what caused the glacier to burst on a sunny Sunday morning. Experts said it had snowed heavily in the Nanda Devi region last week and that it was possible that some of the snow had started to melt and may have led to an avalanche.