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At least 200 people are missing.
The remains of three people were also found and an operation was immediately launched to rescue about 17 people trapped in a tunnel, the Uttarakhand State Police chief said.
Videos made by frightened residents show how a huge wave of water flooded the Daulyganga River Valley, destroying everything that happened along the way.
As the water ran, a cloud of dust arose. The earthquake was like an earthquake, “local resident Omas Agarwal told Indian television.
Most of the missing were employees of the two power plants, Police Chief Ashok Kumar said.
“The Rišiganga factory had 50 employees; we have no information about them. The Tapovan plant had about 150 employees,” he added.
In India, parts of the Himalayan glacier broke off
“About 20 people are trapped inside the tunnel. We are trying to reach the stuck employees,” the official said.
Rescue teams are in a rush to evacuate residents from dozens of villages and enter a tunnel at the Tapovan power station complex where people are trapped, authorities said.
Records filmed with mobile phones have been posted on social media when a huge stream of water rushes down a narrow valley below a destroyed power dam.
Most of the villages from which residents are evacuated are on the banks of the river.
Other affected hydroelectric plants with a complete chain in Alaknanda and its tributaries are also reported.
Alaknanda, in turn, is a tributary of the Ganges. Officials are using other dams to prevent the tide from reaching the cities of Ganges, Rishikesh and Haridwar, where officials have banned people from approaching the Hindu shores of the holy river.
“India supports Uttarakhand, the country is praying for the safety of all people there,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter.
In 2013, thousands of people died in Uttarakhand as a result of heavy rains that caused landslides and floods that washed away thousands of homes.
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