Uttarakhand: Chances of life getting bleak, rescue continues in Tapovan tunnel

Dehradun | Tuesday | 16th February, 2021

Summary:

As days are passing by chances of life in Uttarakhand`s Tapovan getting bleak.

Only stories are left behind.

Vicky Kumar, 32, who had video-called his sister Ritu Rani after a trek to the Bhavishya Badri temple in Tapovan, just a day before flash floods washed away the hydropower project’s establishment office at Rishi Ganga on February 7.

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As days are passing by chances of life in Uttarakhand`s Tapovan getting bleak.

Only stories are left behind.

Vicky Kumar, 32, who had video-called his sister Ritu Rani after a trek to the Bhavishya Badri temple in Tapovan, just a day before flash floods washed away the hydropower project’s establishment office at Rishi Ganga on February 7.

From Deoband in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, Vicky had reached the project site in Raini village of Chamoli district on February 5.

Two days after the flash flood, his right hand – from elbow to wrist – was recovered from the debris.

He was identified by younger brother Amit Kumar from burn marks on his four fingers.

On receiving information that his brother was missing, Amit Kumar reached Raini village on February 8.

“The next day, I came to know that a body part and some other bodies had been recovered from the debris near the plant site.