Uttarakhand disaster: 14 bodies recovered so far, 39 power projects are being built in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand disaster: 170 more people have been reported missing, two hydro power projects and several bridges damaged in the Rishiganga disaster in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The missing people include more than 30 employees and two police personnel. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that more than 35 people were trapped in a tunnel blocked by debris in the under construction NTPC project in Tapovan area, five km below Rishiganga.

Sources said that a joint team of ITBP and Army was engaged in the rescue of the tunnel. Earlier, ITBP personnel rescued 12 laborers from another tunnel near Tapovan. The state government will give compensation of Rs 4-4 lakh to all those who have died in the incident.

According to the ANI, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said, “We have expedited the search operation for the second tunnel, there are reports of about 30 people being trapped there. 300 ITBP personnel are busy clearing the tunnel so that people can be evacuated. According to the local administration, 170 people are missing in this disaster.

Chamoli police said that relief and rescue operations are on for those trapped in the tunnel. With the help of JCB, efforts are being made to open the way by reaching inside the tunnel. So far, a total of 15 persons have been rescued and 14 bodies have been recovered from different places.

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Experts say that the inundation in the Rishiganga Valley is not a one-day event. Experts say that this incident had started at least a day before. Due to the breaking of the glacier, the lake was first formed and then the breaking of the lake caused a terrible flood in Rishiganga.

According to a report, Dr. MPS Bisht, director of the Uttarakhand Space Utilization Center said that the inundation in the valley was not directly caused by the glacier rupture, but a day before the glacier was broken and water was accumulating. The place where the glacier is broken may be a place called Dyoti, located between Trishul and Ramani Glacier in the Rishiganga catchment area.

After the incident, the water level in the river at Raini and Tapovan was not more than three meters, it remained up to one and a half meters by coming to Karnprayag. There are 14 glaciers in the Rishiganga catchment area, which are spread over 52 square km area. These include Roti Glacier, Pitar Glacier, Trishul Glacier, Southern Rishi Glacier, Southern Nanda Devi Glacier, North Nanda Devi Glacier, Northern Rishiganga Glacier, Changbang Glacier, Hrishikot Ramani Glacier and Hanuman Glacier.

39 power projects are being built in Uttarakhand

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The network of hydropower projects is spread over the rivers of Uttarakhand. Along with 39 projects including Tehri, 32 small and big projects of UJVNL and projects of many companies are also included in this. The government of Uttarakhand approved more than two dozen hydroelectric projects between 2005 and 2010. These projects worth more than thirty thousand crores are expected to generate 2944.80 MW of electricity.

The case of 24 small and big hydro projects one by one by the government organizations has gone to the Supreme Court. The NGT is also hearing the case.