State Disaster Response Force puts alarm system to detect level of water
State Disaster Response Force has put an alarm system to detect the rise in the level of water and alert about it, in Raini village of Chamoli district.
Uttarakhand Rescue Ops LIVE: Death toll rises to 53, over 150 still missing
Rescuers recover 13 bodies, death toll rises to 51
16:30 February 15
16:27 February 15
3 bodies of UP's Gorakhpur residents found, 1 still missing
Three bodies of residents hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, who went missing after the glacial-burst, were recovered. Meanwhile, the body of one resident is yet to be recovered.
13:03 February 15
Chamoli police releases list of victims
With search and rescue operations continuing after nine days in Chamoli district, police have released a list of 25 people who died in the incident.
"Identification of 29 bodies and one body part has been done and bodies have been sent for post-mortem," an official statement said.
11:48 February 15
53 bodies recovered, 27 identified: Uttarakhand DGP
53 bodies recovered, 27 identified: Uttarakhand DGP
3 bodies found from Tapovan tunnel today, taking body count there to 8 so far. No new recovery from Raini village today. As per postmortem, the people found dead, died during the glacier mishap itself. Rescue operation to continue for next 3-4 days: Ashok Kumar, Uttarakhand DGP
11:05 February 15
Relief and rescue operation continues
Cases of 179 missing people have been registered at Joshimath Police Station till now. Relief and rescue operation continues: Chamoli Police
11:05 February 15
Aditya Pratap Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF speaks to media
A total of 8 bodies have been recovered from here (Tapovan tunnel) so far. Operation is still underway, we are working 24/7. 7 bodies have been recovered in Raini, so a total of 15 bodies have been recovered from the two work sites: Aditya Pratap Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF
07:55 February 15
A total of 53 bodies recovered so far; rescue operation underway at Tapovan Tunnel in Joshimath, Chamoli: State Disaster Response Force
07:29 February 15
Work for the restoration of water supply to Raini village in Chamoli district underway.
07:17 February 15
Uttarakhand Rescue Ops LIVE Updates
Rescuers recover 13 bodies, death toll rises to 51
Tapovan/Dehradun: Rescue teams on Sunday recovered 13 more bodies, including the first ones to be pulled out from the sludge-choked Tapovan tunnel where a massive operation to reach about 30 people trapped inside began after a flash flood in Chamoli district a week ago.
Six bodies were recovered from the Tapovan power project tunnel, six from Raini upstream and one from the riverbank in Rudraprayag, taking the confirmed death toll in the Uttarakhand disaster to 51.
Officials said over 153 people still remain missing after the February 7 devastation, possibly triggered by an avalanche in the upper reaches of the Alaknanda river system. A surge of water in Dhauliganga and Rishiganga rivers had ripped through two hydel projects.
Bodies of victims were being found at different locations by the river over the past week, but rescuers had so far failed to reach anyone dead or alive in the tunnel network at the National Thermal Power Corporation's 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project.
Chamoli District Magistrate Swati S Bhadauria and Superintendent of Police Yashwant Singh Chauhan rushed to the tunnel when the first two bodies were brought out in the early hours of Sunday.
READ: Uttarakhand calamity survivor recounts horror
Four more bodies were recovered later from the tunnel, which is packed with debris brought by the flash flood.
Officials said a helicopter has been kept on standby at the Tapovan rescue site to quickly fly out survivors, if there are any, for medical treatment.
Rescuers are also continuing with an alternative approach - trying to widen a hole they have drilled into another interconnected tunnel from where the trapped men could perhaps be reached.
The men found dead Sunday included Alam Singh from Tehri, Anil (Dehradun district) Jitendra Kumar (Jammu), Shesh Nath (Faridabad), Jitendra Dhanai (Tehri), Suraj Thakur (Kushinagar) Jugal Kishore (Punjab), Rakesh Kapur (Himachal Pradesh), Harpal Singh (Chamoli), Ved Prakash (Gorakhpur), Dhanurdhari (Gorakhpur).
The bodies were kept at a temporary mortuary at Tapovan, officials said.
After days of digging and excavation works, jawans of the army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force, who are engaged in the rescue work, had managed open up a sizeable portion of the tunnel. But the presence of heavy silt and sludge inside the tunnel slowed down the excavation and digging work, top government officials said. Rescuers had also consulted NTPC officials to understand the complicated design of the tunnel.
Elsewhere, seven bodies were recovered - six from disaster-hit Reni village and one from Alaknanda river in Rudraprayag area.
The Chamoli DM said about 445 people stranded after the flash flood have so far been sent to their villages using helicopters. Over 500 ration kits have been distributed in the affected areas.
Medical camps put up in the affected villages have so far treated 998 patients.
The process of cremating the victims after taking their DNA samples continued in Chamoli district. Two bodies and four severed limbs were cremated on Sunday.
The agencies involved in the Tapovan rescue work include the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force.
READ: A phone call that raised the hopes of worker's family trapped inside Tapovan
With agency inputs
16:30 February 15
State Disaster Response Force puts alarm system to detect level of water
State Disaster Response Force has put an alarm system to detect the rise in the level of water and alert about it, in Raini village of Chamoli district.
16:27 February 15
3 bodies of UP's Gorakhpur residents found, 1 still missing
Three bodies of residents hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, who went missing after the glacial-burst, were recovered. Meanwhile, the body of one resident is yet to be recovered.
13:03 February 15
Chamoli police releases list of victims
With search and rescue operations continuing after nine days in Chamoli district, police have released a list of 25 people who died in the incident.
"Identification of 29 bodies and one body part has been done and bodies have been sent for post-mortem," an official statement said.
11:48 February 15
53 bodies recovered, 27 identified: Uttarakhand DGP
53 bodies recovered, 27 identified: Uttarakhand DGP
3 bodies found from Tapovan tunnel today, taking body count there to 8 so far. No new recovery from Raini village today. As per postmortem, the people found dead, died during the glacier mishap itself. Rescue operation to continue for next 3-4 days: Ashok Kumar, Uttarakhand DGP
11:05 February 15
Relief and rescue operation continues
Cases of 179 missing people have been registered at Joshimath Police Station till now. Relief and rescue operation continues: Chamoli Police
11:05 February 15
Aditya Pratap Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF speaks to media
A total of 8 bodies have been recovered from here (Tapovan tunnel) so far. Operation is still underway, we are working 24/7. 7 bodies have been recovered in Raini, so a total of 15 bodies have been recovered from the two work sites: Aditya Pratap Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF
07:55 February 15
A total of 53 bodies recovered so far; rescue operation underway at Tapovan Tunnel in Joshimath, Chamoli: State Disaster Response Force
07:29 February 15
Work for the restoration of water supply to Raini village in Chamoli district underway.
07:17 February 15
Uttarakhand Rescue Ops LIVE Updates
Rescuers recover 13 bodies, death toll rises to 51
Tapovan/Dehradun: Rescue teams on Sunday recovered 13 more bodies, including the first ones to be pulled out from the sludge-choked Tapovan tunnel where a massive operation to reach about 30 people trapped inside began after a flash flood in Chamoli district a week ago.
Six bodies were recovered from the Tapovan power project tunnel, six from Raini upstream and one from the riverbank in Rudraprayag, taking the confirmed death toll in the Uttarakhand disaster to 51.
Officials said over 153 people still remain missing after the February 7 devastation, possibly triggered by an avalanche in the upper reaches of the Alaknanda river system. A surge of water in Dhauliganga and Rishiganga rivers had ripped through two hydel projects.
Bodies of victims were being found at different locations by the river over the past week, but rescuers had so far failed to reach anyone dead or alive in the tunnel network at the National Thermal Power Corporation's 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project.
Chamoli District Magistrate Swati S Bhadauria and Superintendent of Police Yashwant Singh Chauhan rushed to the tunnel when the first two bodies were brought out in the early hours of Sunday.
READ: Uttarakhand calamity survivor recounts horror
Four more bodies were recovered later from the tunnel, which is packed with debris brought by the flash flood.
Officials said a helicopter has been kept on standby at the Tapovan rescue site to quickly fly out survivors, if there are any, for medical treatment.
Rescuers are also continuing with an alternative approach - trying to widen a hole they have drilled into another interconnected tunnel from where the trapped men could perhaps be reached.
The men found dead Sunday included Alam Singh from Tehri, Anil (Dehradun district) Jitendra Kumar (Jammu), Shesh Nath (Faridabad), Jitendra Dhanai (Tehri), Suraj Thakur (Kushinagar) Jugal Kishore (Punjab), Rakesh Kapur (Himachal Pradesh), Harpal Singh (Chamoli), Ved Prakash (Gorakhpur), Dhanurdhari (Gorakhpur).
The bodies were kept at a temporary mortuary at Tapovan, officials said.
After days of digging and excavation works, jawans of the army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force, who are engaged in the rescue work, had managed open up a sizeable portion of the tunnel. But the presence of heavy silt and sludge inside the tunnel slowed down the excavation and digging work, top government officials said. Rescuers had also consulted NTPC officials to understand the complicated design of the tunnel.
Elsewhere, seven bodies were recovered - six from disaster-hit Reni village and one from Alaknanda river in Rudraprayag area.
The Chamoli DM said about 445 people stranded after the flash flood have so far been sent to their villages using helicopters. Over 500 ration kits have been distributed in the affected areas.
Medical camps put up in the affected villages have so far treated 998 patients.
The process of cremating the victims after taking their DNA samples continued in Chamoli district. Two bodies and four severed limbs were cremated on Sunday.
The agencies involved in the Tapovan rescue work include the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force.
READ: A phone call that raised the hopes of worker's family trapped inside Tapovan
With agency inputs
Last Updated : Feb 15, 2021, 4:51 PM IST
