Uttarakhand flash floods Live updates: CM Trivendra Singh Rawat conducts aerial survey, assesses scenario

Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar advised The Indian Express that they’d managed to achieve 130 metres into the Tapovan tunnel. (File picture)
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar advised The Indian Express that they’d managed to achieve 130 metres into the Tapovan tunnel. “We do not anticipate much trouble after we reach 200 metres,” he added.
Manjunath S R, commandant, Indian Reserve Battalion, who’s coordinating the rescue operations on the website, stated, “Till yesterday, we had managed to go 80 metres into the tunnel and managed another 50 metres by Monday evening. The operation will continue the whole night. There is a lot of slush that needs to be removed. The armed forces, NDRF, SDRF and police are all working in coordination.”
A glacial break within the Tapovan-Reni space of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand on Sunday led to large flooding in Dhauli Ganga and Alaknanda Rivers, damaging homes and the close by Rishiganga energy undertaking. Sources stated there have been 100 labourers on the barrage at Rishiganga of which at the least 50 are feared lifeless. About 125 persons are lacking, in keeping with the newest stories, whilst seven our bodies have been fished out.
The state authorities has introduced monetary help of Rs 4 lakh every to the kin of the deceased, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat stated.