High-tech detention tools deployed for Dharali rescue ops; bodies feared trapped 50 feet under

Rescue ops are on after cloudburst in Dharali

Agencies responsible for flood-hit Dharali in Uttarakhand have been making consistent efforts to locate and recover people who have been stuck under debris after the massive cloudburst that wiped away the entire village.

While constant rains have been disrupting the rescue operations, the NDRF, SDRF and the Army have deployed sophisticated equipment such as victim detection cameras, rescue radars, ground-penetrating radars (GPR) and thermal imaging drones, reports have said.

India Today reported that sniffer dogs have also been deployed to aid the recovery of lost people. The search for survivors has been on, even in the narrow passages within structures that did not survive the calamity.

"We are searching every possible structure to recover the dead bodies of missing people by using all available resources," Uttarakhand SDRF Commandant Arpan Yaduvanshi said.

Moreover, the Indian Army is also using sniffer dogs and thermal scanners to look for nine jawans who went missing after the cloudburst and are believed to be trapped in the mud at the Harshil Army Camp. However, the operation faces hurdles with the moisture and thickness of the mud.

Reports have said that it is feared that bodies are trapped 40 to 50 feet under debris and constant efforts are going on recover them. NDRF teams are using GPR to scan beneath the mud for any possible survivors and also possible structures and even bone remains.

This has been paired along with rescue radars to detect breathing or movement under debris. Reports have said that devices have also been deployed to monitor any motion beneath the debris during the crucial “golden hours” which are the first few hours after a disaster when survival chances are highest.