The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster has risen to 31 with five more bodies being recovered. Two of the bodies were recovered from the debris in Raini village. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials said 175 people are still missing.
Uttarakhand glacier burst LIVE: Army-NDRF continue rescue-ops on third day
Uttarakhand glacier burst
14:03 February 09
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13:43 February 09
Members of Rajya Sabha pay tribute to victims of Uttarakhand glacier disaster
13:32 February 09
ETV Bharat talks exclusively with Manvar Singh, eyewitness of Uttarakhand disaster
ETV Bharat talks exclusively with Manvar Singh who has first informed the administration about Uttarakhand Glacier disaster. Manvar has first recorded the video and uploaded it on the social media platform.
13:07 February 09
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaking in Rajya Sabha
Speaking in Rajya Sabha on avalanche in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said all concerned agencies of Centre and State are monitoring the situation. He said the state government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of those who lost their lives in the disaster.
Uttarakhand Government has stated that there is now no danger of flooding in the lower areas and water level is also receding. Electricity restored in most areas, BRO carrying out repair work of 5 damaged bridges, Shah said.
12:59 February 09
Chamoli District Magistrate Swati S Bhadoria informed that the death toll in Uttarakhand glacier disaster has risen to 29 with three more bodies recovered.
12:21 February 09
Two more bodies have recovered from different areas that were affected by the glacier, with this, the death count has risen to 28.
12:11 February 09
Haryana Directorate of Information and Public Relations has informed that state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has donated Rs 11 crores to Uttarakhand state disaster response fund.
11:57 February 09
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that Rescue team has managed to reach Malari Valley area through rope & now necessary packages, ration can be sent easily. Earlier, only a limited stock could be supplied via helicopter but there won't be any problem now.
11:14 February 09
Rescue operation at Tapovan tunnel underway
A joint team of ITBP, Army, NDRF and SDRF enters into the Tapovan tunnel to check the water level inside the tunnel ahead of the point till where the debris has been cleared.
10:26 February 09
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat takes stock of the situation in affected area
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat takes stock of the situation in areas affected due to glacier disaster in Chamoli.
10:19 February 09
Rescue operations underway at the tunnel in Chamoli
Rescue operations underway at the tunnel in Chamoli, Uttarakhand where around 35 people are feared to be trapped.
09:18 February 09
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat conducts aerial survey of affected areas
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat conducts aerial survey of areas affected due to glacier disaster in Chamoli.
09:02 February 09
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel rescued people who were trapped in a tunnel in Chamoli
Chamoli: Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel rescued people who were trapped in a tunnel in Chamoli on 7th February. The rescue operation is underway at another tunnel where around 35 people are trapped, as per DGP Uttarakhand.
08:35 February 09
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met injured people at ITBP hospital.
Uttrakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited ITBP hospital to meet injured people in glacier tragedy.
08:33 February 09
ITBP team carried out rescue operation overnight at Tapovan tunnel
ITBP team carried out rescue operation overnight at Tapovan tunnel. SDRF personnel along with members of other rescue teams have been engaged the entire while in its (rescue operation's) conduction.
08:18 February 09
Lakhimpur Kheri: Nearly 70 persons from Uttar Pradesh are reported missing after the Uttarakhand catastrophe.
The maximum number of missing persons belong to Lakhimpur district. Majority of the labourers had gone to work on the Tapovan project in the farming off-season.
The local people in Ichchhanagar said that 26 persons from their village had left for Tapovan and 18 had gone missing.
However, District Magistrate Shailendra Singh did not confirm the exact number of missing persons but said that a list of all workers from Lakhimpur Kheri is being compiled.
07:04 February 09
Uttarakhand glacier burst LIVE: 70 missing from UP, Yogi sets up helplines
Chamoli:Rescue operations at Joshimath continued for the third day after more than 35 hours since Sunday's accident in Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
Rescue operations are continuing in the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)'s power project located at Tapovan where a combined team of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and Uttarakhand Police has reached 100 meters inside the tunnel.
According to information, so far 26 bodies have been recovered while 171 people are still missing.
The images from the rescue operation prove that the task is quite difficult as the entire tunnel is full of debris.
Last Updated : Feb 9, 2021, 2:09 PM IST