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Betwee 100 and 150 people are feared dead after a glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered an avalanche and massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday morning, forcing the evacuation of thousands and damaging the nearby Rishiganga and NTPC power plants. Disaster response teams have been deployed and the Army has committed four columns; three helicopters are conducting aerial surveys. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Assam to campaign for Assembly polls, tweeted: "India stands with Uttarakhand and the nation prays for everyone's safety.

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A multi-agency operation was afoot in Uttarakhand's Chamoli region that was hit by a huge flood triggered by an ice mass burst at Joshimath.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and also the Army swung into action with the latter deploying around four hundred personnel in rescue work, besides causation 2 medical groups to affected areas.


The IAF aforementioned all its specialized personnel WHO were airlifted from the urban center have reached Dehradun. "The airlifting of that personnel from Dehradun forrader to the affected areas can begin at 6:45am tomorrow," aforementioned IAF professional commandant Indranil Nandi.

At least twelve employees treed in an exceeding tunnel close to Tapovan dam were reclaimed by personnel of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday evening once a neighborhood of the mountain peak ice mass poor off earlier within the day, resulting in a huge come to the Dhauli Ganga watercourse and inflicting large-scale devastation within the higher reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalaya.


Over one hundred seventy laborers -- 148 utilized at the NTPC plant and twenty-two at Rishiganga -- square measure aforementioned to be missing, an advocate aforementioned whereas quoting the project-in charge. 10 bodies are found to date, ITBP advocate Vivek Pandey aforementioned. As several as 5 PWD bridges washed away, whereas thirty folks square measure feared treed.

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The massive flood came as a grim reminder of the Kedarnath deluge of 2013 that semiconductor diode to widespread devastation within the ecologically fragile range region. A devastating natural disaster within the sort of torrential rains of unseen magnitude had stricken Kedarnath on 16-17 June in 2013.

The banks of the Chorabari lake in Kedarnath had folded thanks to a waterspout that had resulted in an exceedingly major flash flood inflicting widespread destruction in Uttarakhand and semiconductor diode to serious losses to infrastructure, agriculture lands, human and animal lives.


However, in contrast to the Kedarnath tragedy that stricken once a torrent, the flash flood on Sunday occurred on a bright and sunny morning that helped in relief and rescue operations by police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and ITBP personnel within the affected areas.

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An engineering task force of the military was additionally deployed at Ringi village in Joshimath and an impression area has been started within the space, officers aforementioned.

Scientists with specialized instrumentality will be taken to the areas for aerial intelligence activity. {we will|we'll|we square measure going to} make sure that most bases are obtainable to support the operations: Indian Air Force professional commandant Indranil Nandi

Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar aforementioned rescue work on the NTPC's 900-meter long Tapovan Tunnel had to be halted thanks to rising water level, the Press info Bureau of Uttarakhand aforementioned