Tag: Rishi Ganga Power Project

  • Chamoli flash flood — District admn to insurance coverage agency: Halt settlement of energy mission firm claims

    THE CHAMOLI district administration in Uttarakhand has written to insurance coverage agency New India Assurance to right away cease settlement of claims that Rishi Ganga Power Project firm has filed to get better the loss it suffered in final month’s flash flood.
    According to a launch from the Chamoli district administration, Rishi Ganga Power Project has up to now not taken any motion to offer compensation to the households of these died or have gone lacking from its mission web site. It stated the corporate was additionally not offering cooperation within the aid and rescue operation on the web site.
    The flash flood in Rishi Ganga river washed away the hydro energy mission infrastructure in Raini village on February 7. It additionally broken the NTPC’s hydro energy mission over Dhauli Ganga river in Tapovan space of Joshimath tehsil.
    According to the discharge, District Magistrate Swati S Bhadauriya has written to Deputy General Manager of New India Assurance, informing in regards to the lack of life on the mission web site. “Several people are still missing and search operation is continuing. But people of the power project are not providing any cooperation after the incident. The power project company has done nothing for disposal of claims…. Due to this (delay), there is dissatisfaction among the affected people against the power project,” it stated.
    Bhadauriya advised The Indian Express that the Rishi Ganga Power Project firm has claimed Rs 112 crore in insurance coverage from New India Assurance, and if the declare is settled it gained’t face any loss. “The company should get its insurance claim only after it settles the claims of the affected families. A request has been made to New India Assurance company in this regard,” Bhadauriya stated.

    However, Bhadauriya stated no affected household has approached the administration for settlement of claims.
    About participation within the rescue operation, Bhadauriya stated, “They were supposed to assist in rescue and relief operation. But their main support will be if they give compensation package to people missing from their project site.”
    According to the Chamoli administration, 55 individuals went lacking within the flash flood from Raini village space; 43 of them had been from the hydro energy mission web site.

  • Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Rescuers race towards time to seek out survivors| In Pics

    Image Source : INDIA TV Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Rescuers race towards time to seek out survivors| In Pics
    Three extra our bodies of the greater than 140 lacking after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district have been recovered, taking the loss of life toll to 10, officers stated on Monday, as large efforts had been underway to rescue at the very least 30 employees trapped in a tunnel at an influence mission website. A day after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier probably burst via its banks at Joshimath, triggering an avalanche and a deluge that rippled via the Alaknanda river system within the higher reaches of the Himalayas, a number of businesses coordinated efforts to seek for survivors.

    Image Source : PTIWhile Indian Air Force groups left for the affected areas to ramp up reduction efforts, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel labored via the evening.

    Some homes had been swept away and two energy tasks – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel mission and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project – had been extensively broken with scores of labourers caught in tunnels because the waters got here dashing in.

    Image Source : PTIUttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar stated efforts had been focussed on rescuing 30-35 labourers trapped in a 250-metre tunnel at Tapovan.

    Two villages, together with Raini, are reduce off and necessities are being equipped to them.
     
    “A total of 153 people were missing from the two hydel projects at Raini and Tapovan… of which 10 bodies have been recovered while 143 are still missing,” Kumar said, describing Sunday’s disaster as “one-time”.

    Image Source : PTISlush, particles and silt blocked the tunnel, making the rescue work tough.

    The whole panorama of the ecologically fragile space was colored a sandy gray, many buildings swept away and buried beneath piles of silt.

    “Our teams worked overnight to rescue about 30 workers who are trapped in the tunnel. Specialised equipment for such operations has been deployed. We are hopeful we will able to rescue everyone,” ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey informed PTI in Delhi.

    Image Source : PTIPeople take a look at the broken Tapovan hydel mission, a day after a glacier broke off in Joshimath inflicting large flood in Dhauli Ganga River, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

    “There is a huge amount of debris inside the tunnel. About 80 metres inside the tunnel is cleared and accessible, and it looks like about 100 more metres of debris will have to be cleared,” he added.

    Pandey stated practically 300 ITBP personnel are presently deployed on the website.

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    Another official stated 34 individuals are estimated to be trapped within the ‘head race tunnel’ or HRT.

    ITBP Additional Director General (Western Command) M S Rawat additionally reached the spot Monday morning to take inventory of the state of affairs and interacted with officers and others working on the website.

    In a video supplied by the pressure, a crew of senior officers was seen analysing the tunnel’s map to seek out the easiest way of strategy.

    The tunnel has just one entry, an official stated.

    Teams of the NDRF had reached late Sunday evening and had been seen utilizing shovels to clear the tunnel’s strategy. The pressure additionally used canine squads to assist rescuers detect traces of life beneath the particles.

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    More groups have been despatched to the positioning on Mi-17 helicopters that landed on the helipad in Joshimath, NDRF chief S N Pradhan stated in a Twitter submit.

    With no readability on what led to the catastrophe and consultants pointing to local weather change, scientists additionally headed to Chamoli to grasp what had occurred.

    Some groups from the Army, together with from the Medical Corps, have additionally reached the catastrophe spot, a senior official supervising the operation stated.

    Image Source : PTIAt least 12 employees had been rescued from a smaller tunnel within the space by ITBP on Sunday night.

    Three of them have been admitted to the ITBP hospital at Joshimath, practically 25 km from the Tapovan energy mission website, as they had been feeling uneasy, the officers stated. They are secure now.

    As rescue efforts continued on a battle footing, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated the United Nations stands able to contribute to the continued rescue and help efforts in Uttarakhand if mandatory.

    “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the reported loss of life and dozens missing following the glacier burst and subsequent flooding in Uttarakhand state, India, on Sunday,” stated Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for Guterres.

    “The Secretary-General expresses his deep condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of India. The United Nations stands ready to contribute to ongoing rescue and assistance efforts if necessary,” he added in a press release.

    Expressing solidarity with these affected by the glacier burst, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated the entire nation is with the individuals of the state and it’s important that reduction operations should not hindered within the subsequent few days.

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  • Uttarakhand Flood: Nepal’s lake was on alert to burst, glacier breaks in Chamoli, Uttarakhand

    Highlights: Heavy devastation resulting from glacier burst in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, Rescue operation shouldn’t be anticipated to interrupt a part of dam of energy undertaking on Rishiganga river, there’s a chance of a lake on the Mahakali river positioned in Darchula, Thanepal, there’s a chance of it being reported to Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit administration Rajiv Sharma, a glacier in Chamoli in Bareilly, Uttarakhand (Uttarakhand Glacier Burst) has precipitated nice destruction. The Indian Air Force (IAF), SDRF and ITBP are engaged within the rescue operation. Meanwhile a brand new data has been revealed. It is being advised that there was no forecast of destruction after the dam a part of the Rishi ganga energy undertaking information on the Rishiganga river. Instead, the potential of a lake bursting in Nepal was expressed a day earlier than. Now whether or not it’s a coincidence or the havoc of nature, the lake didn’t break in Nepal, the glacier broke in neighboring Uttarakhand. Nepal was requested to remain alert, actually, the Mahakali river positioned in Darchula, Nepal, bordering Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. But at any time the potential of the lake being torn up was expressed by Nepal. The data was additionally despatched to the Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit district by the Kanchanpur district administration of Nepal, as this Mahakali river of Nepal is named Uttarakhand and Sharda river in Uttar Pradesh. On behalf of Nepal, the district administration of Lakhimpuri Kheri was requested to be cautious within the data despatched on WhatsApp. Subsequently, on behalf of Lakhimpuri Kheri ADM Arun Kumar Singh, all of the SDMs of the district, officers of the irrigation division and BDO (Block Development Officer) had been directed to alert the folks dwelling on the banks of the Sharda River. LIVE: Destruction because of the breaking of the glacier in Uttarakhand, each replace of the Rescue operation shouldn’t be damaged, however the glacier has damaged. Now it’s being mentioned that the Mahakali river lake shouldn’t be damaged in Nepal however the glacier broke in Chamoli. It can also be thought of a coincidence. Experts amongst all of them say that the hazard of breaking of the lake in Nepal remains to be unknown. In such a state of affairs, the alert will even stay intact. Disaster in Uttarakhand: After the ‘Deluge’, the Indian Airforce did a Reiki, it was discovered that the Sharda River may have flooded. If the lake had burst in Nepal, the Sharda river would have been flooded and this Mahakali river water may stream by Uttarakhand to the villages within the districts of UP from the place the river Sharda passes. These districts are Lakhimpuri Kheri and Pilibhit. A big a part of Lakhimpur Kheri is related to the Sharda River. Read: ‘We saved watching helplessly and flooded the family members …’ Part of the mountain had fallen within the Abeetimahakali river, witnessing the devastation, so an alert was knowledgeable {that a} landslide occurred within the mountainous space on February 1. Meanwhile, a big a part of the mountain fell into the Mahakali River in Nepal, stopping the stream of river water and the water gathered there took the type of a lake. In this case, resulting from the potential of bursting of this lake, Nepal’s Kanchanpur district administration has issued a excessive alert for the Mahakali river and the encircling space, fearing floods. Uttarakhand: Heavy destruction resulting from breaking of the glacier, displaying nature within the havoc It has been stated that together with the Mahakali river of Nepal, the Sharda river of India will even rise, resulting from which there’s a chance of flooding. Following the alert issued by the Nepal administration, all BoPs of the forty ninth and thirty ninth Corps SSB alongside the border have been knowledgeable by the Control and Anti-Crime NCOs. Instructions have additionally been given to flood prevention measures and the RRT (Rapid Response Team) to be ready. The destruction of the glacier in Chamoli.

  • Uttarakhand glacier burst: IMD says no hostile climate over affected areas on Feb 7, 8

    Image Source : AP Uttarakhand glacier burst: IMD says no hostile climate over affected areas on Feb 7, 8
    In a reduction for the realm hit by a significant glacier burst in Uttarakhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday mentioned no hostile climate occasions are anticipated over Chamoli, Tapovan and Joshimath on February 7 and eight. IMD Additional Director General Anand Sharma mentioned Chamoli, Tapovan and Joshimath are more likely to witness dry climate throughout the two days.

    “No snowfall/rainfall is likely on February 7-8,” the IMD mentioned in its particular climate advisory for the state.

    However, mild rainfall/snowfall is probably going within the northern components of the Chamoli district on February 9-10, the advisory added.

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    Over 150 labourers working at an influence mission in Tapovan-Reni are feared useless, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police spokesperson mentioned after part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Chamoli Sunday.

    The glacier burst led to an enormous flood within the Dhauli Ganga river and prompted large-scale devastation within the higher reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas.

    Officials mentioned three our bodies have been recovered up to now and an enormous reduction and rescue operation is underway. 

    (With PTI Inputs)

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  • Uttarakhand: Heavy flooding in Chamoli’s Joshimath space as a consequence of breach of glacier; casualties feared

    Image Source : FILE Glacier breaks in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli
    Water stage in Uttarakhand’s Dhauliganga river rose on Sunday after an avalanche was reported close to an influence mission. According to information company ANI, the incident was reported from Raini village in Tapovan space of Chamoli district, the place casualties are feared. 

    Here are the LIVE updates

    12:36 pm: People are being evacuated from the areas close to Alkananda. As a precautionary measure, move of Bhagirathi River has been stopped. To forestall the move of water of Alaknanda, Srinagar Dam & Rishikesh Dam have been emptied. SDRF is on alert. I’m leaving for the spot: Uttarakhand CM

    12:31 pm: Rishiganga Power Project has been broken due breach of a glacier in Tapovan space. People residing on the financial institution of Alaknanda river are suggested to maneuver to protected locations on the earliest: Chamoli Police, Uttarakhand

    12:23 pm: Uttarakhand: Rescue staff attain Reni village

    12:20 pm: A large flood in Dhauliganga seen close to Reni village, the place some water physique flooded and destroyed many river bankside homes

    12:17 pm: A catastrophe has been reported from Chamoli district. The district administration, police and catastrophe administration departments have been directed to take care of the state of affairs. Do not take note of any type of rumours. Govt is taking all obligatory steps: Uttarakhand CM TS Rawat

    12:15 pm: Chamoli district Justice of the Peace has instructed officers to evacuate individuals residing in villages on the financial institution of Dhauliganga river

    12:14 pm: Water stage in Dhauliganga river rises all of the sudden following avalanche close to an influence mission at Raini village in Tapovan space of Chamoli district

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