Tag: Uttarakhand glacial burst

  • Uttarakhand flash flood: One extra physique recovered, toll now 80; 124 nonetheless lacking

    One extra physique was recovered from the barrage web site close to Dhauliganga river in Tapovan space in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Saturday.
    With the most recent retrieved physique, a complete of 80 our bodies have been recovered to date whereas 124 are nonetheless lacking after a flash flood hit hydro energy mission websites in Rishiganga and destroyed the under-construction NTPC hydro energy mission web site downstream in Dhauliganga in Chamoli district on February 7.

    Chamoli district catastrophe administration officer NK Joshi mentioned the physique was recovered in the present day through the elimination of particles close to the barrage web site. He mentioned one physique was recovered from the tunnel of NTPC’s hydro energy mission web site in Tapovan on Thursday, including that clearing of slush within the tunnel is underway.