ITBP conducts rescue operation in Uttarakhand. (Photo: ITBP)
Live updates of the Uttarakhand glacier outbreak: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah took stock of rescue and relief work. Two Indo-Tibetan Border Police teams, comprising about 200 staff members, had moved to the affected areas from Joshimath, the PTI said, citing an ITBP official. When word of the disaster came, two teams were rushed from Dehradun to Joshimath, added NDRF director general SN Pradhan. “We are working to airlift three or four more teams from the IAF Hindon base near Delhi,” he said.
ITBP personnel rescue tunnel workers. (Photo: ITBP)
“Around 10:45 a.m. there was a flash flood in the Rishiganga River due to the glacier falling into the river which increased the volume of water exponentially. Due to this, the Rishiganga hydroelectric project near Raini village was completely devastated. The BRO bridge on the Joshimath-Malaria highway was also completely razed. There were six shepherds with their livestock and they were also carried away by a flash flood. Rishiganga meets Dhauli Ganga near Raini. So Dhauli Ganga was also flooded. Five and six houses in the village were also razed. There was an NTPC project on the Dhauli Ganga river near Tapovan. The whole project was completely devastated. Two Jhulla bridges connecting villages on the other side of the river were also razed, ”said an ITBP official.
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