Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand disaster: Engineer from Srinagar missing

11:37 pm February 8, 2021

Srinagar: An engineer from Kashmir is among those missing following a glacier burst in Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday. Basharat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Soura area of Srinagar and working as a private company civil engineer at the Rishi Ganga power project in Uttarakhand, went missing after the glacier burst on Sunday morning, the officials said. They said Zargar was still untraceable. ”We have taken up the […]

China conveys condolences to bereaved families of Uttarakhand’s flood tragedy victims

8:27 pm February 8, 2021

Beijing: China on Monday conveyed its condolences and sympathy to the families of the bereaved and the injured in the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at 11 people […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

11:48 pm February 7, 2021

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed France’s full solidarity with India in the wake of a glacier burst at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that triggered a massive flood in the region. ”France expresses its full solidarity with India, after a glacier burst in the Uttarakhand province, leading to the disappearance of over 100 people. Our thoughts are with them and their families,” Macron said […]

Uttarakhand flood: Army deploys four columns, medical teams

8:54 pm February 7, 2021

New Delhi: The Army on Sunday deployed four columns and two medical teams in the rescue of people affected by a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said. They said one engineering task force of the Army was also deployed in Ringi village in Joshimath. Over 150 labourers working at a […]

Sixteen labourers rescued from tunnel

8:31 pm February 7, 2021

Dehradun: Sixteen workers were rescued on Sunday from a tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project after they were trapped there due to flash floods triggered by a glacial burst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said. Indo-Tibetan Border Police, State Disaster Response Force and other agencies were carrying out rescue operations on a war footing, they said. ”Sixteen labourers have been rescued from […]