IAF shares recce preliminary report from web site of Uttarakhand flash flood after glacier burst

Image Source : ANI Indian Air Force shares recce preliminary report from web site of Uttarakhand flash flood.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday shared a recce preliminary report from web site of Uttarakhand flash flood which occurred after part of the Nanda Devi glacier go off Joshimath area in Chamoli.

The IAF has shared two photographs. Picture one confirmed visuals from damaged Rishiganga Project Dam close to Tapovan whereas the second image confirmed highway & bridge damaged on account of Rubble on the entrance at Malari valley.

Over 100 lacking after catastrophe

Nearly 100-170 individuals are lacking or “feared dead” as a sudden flood inundated an influence challenge at Reni village in Joshimath space of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday following a glacier burst, the ITBP, which is engaged in rescue and reduction operations there, stated.

Citing up to date inputs acquired from native administration, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Pandey advised IANS at the very least 10 our bodies have been recovered so removed from the spot, and several other individuals have been rescued, whereas that there isn’t a details about different individuals.

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In its preliminary info acquired from the spot, the ITBP had, via an announcement that “more than 100 labourers at the barrage and 50 plus in the tunnel lost their life as per the incharge of Tapovan NTPC work site… As many as 150 people are missing”.

Clarifying these inputs, Pandey stated: “As 150 people are still missing, it is difficult to say that all are dead. They can be said ‘feared dead’ or ‘missing’. Missing persons cannot be declared dead till seven years.”

The tragedy came about after the water stage in Dhauliganga river, one of many six sources of the Ganga river, abruptly surged on Sunday morning following an avalanche close to the Rishi Ganga energy challenge. The 85 km river meets the Alaknanda river at Vishnuprayag on the base of Joshimath mountain.

The ITBP stated that the flash flood occurred in Rishi Ganga at round 10.45 a.m. on account of a glacier falling into it and exponentially growing the amount of water. Due to this, the Rishi Ganga hydro challenge was utterly devastated, it stated.

“The BRO bridge on Joshimath highway was also completely washed away. There were six graziers with their livestock there and they were also swept away by the flash flood,” the ITBP stated.

(With inputs from IANS)

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