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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Toll climbs to 18, 202 still missing
Rescue operations by personnel of state disaster response force, national disaster response force, army, and Indo-Tibetan Border Police resumed on Monday morning
Eighteen bodies have been recovered so far in affected areas of Chamoli district, with 202 people still missing, including 25 to 35 workers inside Tapovan dam tunnel where rescue operation is underway, said officials
Praveen Alok, media in-charge of state disaster response force confirmed that 18 bodies were recovered till 12pm from Rishiganga and Dhauliganga downstream.
He said the missing 202 include 5 people from Reni village, 11 from Tapovan Rithwik Company, 2 each from Karochi, and Ringi village, 46 from Rishiganga company, 21 from Om Maital, three from NHPC and 2 from Tapovan village.
Another 25 to 35 workers are still trapped inside the Tapovan dam tunnel, where rescue operation is underway.
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So far, 15 people have been rescued from Rishiganga dam site and 12 from NTPC’s Tapovan dam site.
Alok added that 70 SDRF personnel, two teams of National Disaster Response Force , 425 personnel of Indo -Tibetan Border Police, one team of Seema Suraksha Bal and 125 army personnel are carrying out the rescue and relief operations in affected areas of Chamoli.
A search operation is on to recover bodies downstream at Reni village, Tapovan, Joshimath, Ghochar, Karnprayag , Rudraprayag, Dharidevi and Srinagar.
