Image Source : BCCI.TV Team India cricketer Rishabh Pant will donate his match charges from the continuing first Test towards England to assist the rescue efforts in Uttarakhand.
Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant will donate his match charges to assist the rescue efforts following a glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, which has prompted flash floods within the Dhauli Ganga river.
The dying toll following the tragic incident has gone to seven up to now, whereas 100-170 individuals together with the individuals working within the energy plant in Tapovan-Reni are lacking.
Pant, who hails from Uttarakhand’s Roorkee, took to his official Twitter account to induce individuals to donate to the rescue mission.
“Deeply pained by the loss of life in Uttarakhand. Would like to donate my match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out,” Pant wrote.
Pant is presently representing the Indian group within the ongoing Test match towards England in Chennai, and performed an essential 91-run knock within the first innings on Day 3.
The Indian Air Force and the Army on Sunday additionally swung into motion as a part of a multi-agency rescue operation within the Chamoli district, following the tragedy. One engineering job pressure of the Army was additionally deployed in Ringi village in Joshimath and a management room has been arrange within the space, they stated.
Due to the surge within the water ranges of river Ganga, The Uttar Pradesh authorities additionally placed on excessive alert the authorities in all districts on the banks of the Ganga and requested them to repeatedly monitor the water ranges within the river.