On Sunday morning, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in the Tapovan causing floods and sending floodwaters crashing through the Dhauliganga river valley, destroying the Rishiganga hydropower plant, and damaging the Dhauliganga hydropower as well as villages and homes in the area.
Trivendra Singh Rawat, the CM of Uttarakhand updated that, Seven bodies have been recovered from the site and rescue operations are going on. Around 125 people are missing and that number is likely to rise more.
Here are a few visuals from the affected area:
Scenes from area near my home town , Hope every one is safe 🙏 whole Dam is awash with flood . #Chamoli pic.twitter.com/BkSllVJITN
— Jyotiraditya sah (@Jyotiradityasah) February 7, 2021
Indian Army at #Chamoli
– 4 columns deployed towards Mallari Axis; 2 x columns on standby
– Engineer Task Force with 2 x JCBs deployed
– Medical Column with two ambulances deployed
– 2 x Cheetah helicopters deployed
– Control Room established at Joshimath pic.twitter.com/OxBS9Nc3Uk
— DD News (@DDNewslive) February 7, 2021
Praying for safety of All. Mahadev Bless #Uttarakhand #Chamoli pic.twitter.com/WbI4BcaL6n
— Bharat Temples (@BharatTemples_) February 7, 2021
Every life matters, every hand helps!
We carries out rescue operations in #Chamoli, Uttarakhand @Ashokkumarips pic.twitter.com/Dpzbm5EsJX
— Uttarakhand Police (@uttarakhandcops) February 7, 2021
