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Hanging glacier broke off to trigger Uttarakhand flood, say scientists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): The Uttarakhand flash flood incident took place after a Himalayan glacier from a remote peak fell into water and triggered the huge flood in the state, claimed scientists who have investigated and studied the incident.
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Death toll rises to 34, 204 people still missin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun(Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has mounted to 34 and 204 persons are still missing, informed the State Secretariat on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Drilling operation inside Tapovan tunnel begins
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): The rescue teams on Thursday have started a drilling operation to peep into the 'slush flushing tunnel' 12 to 13 meters below the tunnel where these teams are presently taking out slush from the Tapovan tunnel in Uttarakhand's Chamoli distric
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Sanjay Singh gives zero hour notice in RS over flash flood in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday gave a zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss flash floods caused by a glacial burst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
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U'Khand glacier burst: 'Missing' workers found stranded at a village cut o
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 10 (ANI): A group of workers, who were declared as 'missing' as their families could not contact them for 3 days after the flash flood washed away parts of Tapovan here following the glacier burst, were found stranded at a temporary helipad in Raini vi
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U'Khand glacier burst: Rescue operations continue at Tapovan Tunnel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 10 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) on Wednesday informed that the rescue operations continue at the Tapovan tunnel following glacier burst in Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand mishap victims bodies drifted to Rudraprayag and Srinagar, rec
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 10 (ANI): Few bodies, which have drifted to Rudraprayag and Srinagar districts due to the Alaknanda river's heavy flow following glacier burst in Uttarakhand, Chamoli Police said on Wednesday.
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Corpse of one UP worker recovered, 33 still mis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): The body of one of the 34 workers from Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district who had gone missing in Uttarakhand's Tapovan, was recovered, Nighasan Tehsildar Dharmendra Pandey said on Wednesday.
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Not much progress in rescue operation, says DGP
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 10 (ANI): There is not much progress in the ongoing rescue operation following the glacier burst in Uttarakhand, said Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Kumar on Wednesday.
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Uttarakhand glacial burst: 32 bodies recovered, 206 people missing, rescue
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 10 (ANI): As many as 32 bodies have been recovered so far from different areas hit by the glacier burst in Chamoli district, while 206 people including 25-35 persons stuck inside the Tapovan tunnel are missing, according to the State Government.
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Anil Baluni gives zero hour notice in RS on mechanism to study glaciers to
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): BJP MP Anil Baluni on Wednesday gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the need for a mechanism to study glaciers to manage and prevent disasters such as the recent glacier burst in Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
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Ice sheet hanging on mountain fell, landmass also came into river valley:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 9 (ANI): After conducting an aerial recce and collecting evidence from Raini village, the Defence Geo Informatics Research Establishment has submitted an initial report on the Chamoli glacier burst that said that a complete ice sheet hanging on the mountain fell
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