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Uttarakhand News Highlights: A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on February 7, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at least 19 people dead and 202 missing who are feared dead. The sudden flood in the middle of the day in the Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers -- all intricately linked tributaries of the Ganga -- triggered widespread panic and large-scale devastation in the high mountain areas. Two power projects NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project were extensively damaged with scores of labourers trapped in tunnels as the waters came rushing in. Houses along the way were also swept away as the waters rushed down the mountainsides in a raging torrent. The India Meteorological Department informed that there is no rainfall warning in the region for the next two days.
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A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at 11 people dead and over 200 missing who are feared dead.
“We have noted that northern India had a massive flood. We want to express our condolences to the victims and sympathy to the bereaved families and the injured," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here.
CM conducted a high level meeting over glacier burst in Chamoli in Uttarakhand. A toll free no. 1070 & WhatsApp no. 9454441036 has been established for people of Uttar Pradesh. CM has also ordered to set up state control room at Haridwar.
Till 8 pm of February 8, 26 bodies have been recovered. 171 people still remain missing out of which around 35 are supposed to be in the Tunnel where rescue operation is still going on.
So far, bodies of 24 people have been recovered from different places
Uttarakhand CM TS Rawat, Joshimath:A joint team of NDRF, SDRF & Army is conducting a rescue operation. The team has reached the 130-metre mark in Tapovan tunnel, it may take 2-3 hrs to reach the t-point. Efforts underway to safely rescue those who are stuck in the tunnel.
The Sunday's avalanche has caused an estimated loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the NTPC''s 480 mw Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and has put a question mark on its scheduled commissioning in 2023 with a huge amount of silt lying at the site, Union Power Minister R K Singh said on Monday.
The minister visited Tapovan on Monday to assess the extent of damage at the project site, a day after the glacier burst in Chamoli district.
"The project was scheduled to be commissioned in 2023. But there is a question mark now on how long it will take to desilt it as lakhs of tonnes of silt is lying at the project site," Singh told reporters in Tapovan.
"As of now it is difficult to say when we will be able to resume work at the site and when the project will be commissioned," he sa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah interact with Uttarakhand MPs, discuss relief efforts and future course of action over Uttarakhand glacier disaster.
PM Modi in constant touch with us since Tragedy struck and has assured all possible help for Uttarakhand.
Comprehensive analysis being undertaken to find reasons of incident and build plan to avert future tragedy: Uttarakhand CM tells PTI.
Main entrance of the Tapovan tunnel being cleared by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel with the help of machines.
Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (JPVL) has said it has closed its Vishnuprayag Hydro Electric Project (VHEP) as a precaution in view of flash foods in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. In a statement, the company has stated that it has closed the power plant in view of flash floods. JPVL has a 400-megawatt Vishnuprayag Hydro Electric Project with its barrage over the Alaknanda river, and the project's tail race tunnel discharging water in river Dhauli Ganga, it stated. (PTI)
