Uttarakhand floods: Rescue operations proceed inside Tapovan tunnel to find practically 35 staff

Image Source : PTI Chamoli: Rescue operations underway at Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath inflicting an enormous flood within the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.
Defying odds, a joint rescue workforce of safety personnel on Wednesday continued its battle to penetrate deeper by tonnes of silt contained in the Tapovan tunnel to achieve out to 25-35 folks trapped inside it following the glacier catastrophe in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The rescue operation on the NTPC hydel challenge web site, which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, has been occurring uninterrupted since Sunday after the sudden flood within the Alaknanda river system in Chamoli that was probably triggered by an avalanche or glacier burst, with no breakthrough in sight but.
Measures like drilling to take oxygen to these trapped contained in the tunnel are being contemplated, challenge advisor AK Shrivastava stated on the web site in Tapovan.
Rescue groups comprising the Army, ITBP, NDRF and SDRF personnel have made little headway past 100 metres contained in the tunnel as particles has been consistently flowing in, he stated.
The difficult design of the tunnel is making the duty much more tough, prompting the rescue groups to seek the advice of NTPC officers.

When contacted, Director General of Police Ashok Kumar stated all doable efforts shall be made to avoid wasting the lives of these trapped contained in the Tapovan tunnel.
As per the newest updates supplied by the State Emergency Operation Centre right here, 32 our bodies have been recovered from completely different locations within the disaster-hit areas whereas 174 are nonetheless lacking. 
(With PTI inputs)

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