Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst found in Indian Himalayas, many believed trapped found in tunnel
08 February, 2021
Hundreds of military personnel were deployed found in the Indian Himalayas on Monday (Feb 8) to help find at least 125 persons unaccounted for after a part of a good glacier broke away, leaving a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley.
Sunday's violent surge swept away a little hydroelectric project called Rishiganga and damaged a good bigger 1 further downstream.
Most of the missing were people focusing on the two projects, among the many the federal government has been building deep found in the mountains of Uttarakhand state within a development push.
Rescue workers were focused on a good 2.5 km long tunnel where employees were believed trapped.
Vivek Pandey, a good spokesman of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, said 30 to 35 personnel were believed to be in the tunnel and that rescuers were trying to open its oral cavity and get inside.
There have been no voice contact yet with anyone in the tunnel, another official said.
On Sunday 12 persons were rescued from another tunnel.
A view shows damage after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed right into a dam at Raini Chak Lata village in Chamoli district, northern condition of Uttarakhand, India, Feb 7, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)
Videos on social press showed drinking water surging through a small dam site, washing away construction devices and bringing down small bridges.
"Everything was swept apart, people, cattle and trees," Sangram Singh Rawat, a previous village council person in Raini, the website closest to the glacier, told local media.
Some 400 soldiers have already been deployed to the site in the remote mountains, state authorities said.
"We expect to keep on operations for another 24 to 48 time, " explained Satya Pradhan, the principle of the National Disaster Response Power.
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