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Uttarakhand Flood
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Glacier bursts in Uttarakhand: Rescue operation on

| @indiablooms | Feb 08, 2021, at 02:33 pm

Chamoli: Rescue operation is currently going on in Uttarakhand's Chamoli where a glacier burst led to a massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday.

The bodies of 10 people have been recovered so far, official reports said.

15o people are feared to be missing so far.

 Relief and rescue operations, involving Army, Navy, Airforce and NDRF teams, were continuing on a war footing.

Scores of hutments and residential houses were washed away in the flash floods, triggered by the breach of a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier at around 1045 hrs, flooding the Alaknanda river.

The gushing river water uprooted hundreds of trees that came in its way.

The flow of water from the country's tallest dam - Tehri dam - was stopped, to facilitate the smooth passage of rising waters on Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda.
All the villages and low lying areas on the banks were immediately vacated after the disaster and water flow from Srinagar dam was increased to manage higher water flows.

A 13.3 MW Rishiganga Power Project plant, which came in way of flash floods, was completely destroyed.

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