Uttarakhand flash flood: Slush holds up Army search ops close to barrage the place over 100 feared lacking

Written by Lalmani Verma
| Tapovan (dharamshala) |

February 10, 2021 6:32:04 am

As rescue operations continued for the third day within the tunnel at Tapovan energy mission web site and not using a breakthrough, the Army made an try to begin search operations close to the barrage of the mission on Dhauli Ganga river, at a web site the place greater than 100 individuals are feared lacking.
But the workforce needed to abort the operation after discovering the floor unsuitable for motion.
A workforce of 4 Army personnel from Garhwal Rifles on Tuesday morning climbed to achieve a web site between the barrage of the NTPC mission and a retaining wall, positioned about 150 metres away. Over a dozen Armymen stayed at a better perch with ropes and different gear to help them in climbing down, and later getting up.
An officer mentioned there’s almost 30 ft of muck deposited between the barrage and the retaining wall, and chance of lacking folks trapped there – both lifeless or alive – can’t be dominated out.

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“Had the surface been conducive for movement, jawans would have started searching for the missing people. But that could not be done today,” the officer mentioned. “We will try once again when the ground surface becomes more conducive.”
Chamoli SP Yahswant Singh Chauhan mentioned over 100 folks had been working on the barrage on Sunday when the flash flood struck, and are among the many lacking.
According to a launch from the police state headquarters, pictures of unidentified our bodies recovered might be despatched to family of lacking folks in order that they establish them. The family have been requested to contact DIG (Law and Order) Nilesh Anand Bharney for this. So far, 32 our bodies have been recovered from totally different areas; 24 of them are unidentified.
Earlier within the morning, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the affected villages and met the villagers and warranted them of each attainable assist. Hours after the CM’s go to, the PWD began growth of two trolley bridges throughout Dhauli Ganga and one throughout Rishi Ganga river.