Sumna glacier burst: One extra physique recovered, dying toll 11

RESCUE WORKERS on Sunday recovered another physique from the location of the glacier burst at Sumna in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, taking the dying toll from Friday’s incident to 11. According to the district administration, search and rescue efforts had been nonetheless on in Niti Valley for seven extra individuals who went lacking on the time.
According to the state police, there have been 402 staff of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on the website when the incident happened.
A launch from Chamoli District Magistrate Swati S Bhadauriya stated 384 individuals have been rescued to this point after the catastrophe and 11 our bodies had been recovered. All the our bodies recovered to this point have been airlifted to the Joshmath Community Health Centre for post-mortem.
Bhadauriya stated efforts had been additionally ongoing to take away snow in order that entry by highway can speak in confidence to the realm.

The Indian Air Force additionally joined rescue operations on Sunday. It stated in a press release that it deployed Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters from the Bareilly and Sarsawa air bases for rescue efforts.
It talked about that one other helicopter “evacuated a casualty of the glacier burst, who was suffering from double renal failure caused by internal injuries” and was taken from Joshimath to Jollygrant airfield in Dehradun.
Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat had performed an aerial inspection of the affected space on Saturday and reviewed the progress of rescue operations at a gathering with officers of the

Army, BRO, NDRF and district administration, providing all of them the assist wanted. Administration officers are tenting in Joshimath to watch the rescue operation.
A day after the glacier burst, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Chief Minister Rawat and expressed concern over the incident.