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The rescue operation is being carried out at the disaster site in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, 19 bodies have been recovered till now, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said on Monday.
As of this morning, 32 people from the first tunnel and 121 people from the second were missing, and rescue operations to recover people still trapped in the tunnels are underway.
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The rescue operation is being carried out at the disaster site in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, 19 bodies have been recovered till now, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said on Monday.
As of this morning, 32 people from the first tunnel and 121 people from the second were missing, and rescue operations to recover people still trapped in the tunnels are underway.
To take stock of the situation, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Monday visited Chamoli district and said that saving lives was their first priority.
Speaking to media persons, Rawat said that they would be successful in clearing the entire debris stretch by today evening.
A multi-agency rescue operation including — Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) — is in full swing to release people still stuck in the tunnels.
The forces have cleared 90 meter stretch of debris in the big tunnel at Tapovan till now, with about 100 meters of clearing still left to do.
The glacier burst took place at the Rishiganga power project after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in the Tapovan area of Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday morning and damaged the Rishiganga dam on the Alaknanda river.
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