The sudden flood on Sunday afternoon in the Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers triggered widespread panic and large-scale devastation in the high mountain areas.
Updated: 10 Feb 2021 12:05 pm
Rescue operations underway near Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. More than 150 labourers working in a power project are missing.
More NDRF teams arrive at Joshimath after a glacier broke off causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district.
Rescuers arrive to search for bodies in the downstream of Alaknanda River in Rudraprayag, northern state of Uttarakhand. More than 2,000 members of the military, paramilitary groups and police have been taking part in search-and-rescue operations after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off Sunday and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain.
This photograph provided by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) shows ITBP personnel use torches to gain access inside a tunnel to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped inside it after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off Sunday and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand.
