Uttarakhand: Chamoli Administration Ignores Time Line
- 12-Feb-2021
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Fresh scare at the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli Ganga rivers lead new challenge for Chamoli District administration. The water levels of both river leading to a temporary halt in rescue operations on Thursday.
The toll climbed to 36, with two more bodies recovered, more than 160 people are still missing. The authorities admitted that they could give no time frame on when they would be able to reach 34 of them believed to be stuck inside a tunnel at NTPC’s hydro power project site in Tapovan area of Chamoli district.
On Thursday, a fresh attempt to reach the trapped men by drilling into an underground tunnel, located 12 metres below the tunnel where the authorities had been looking, failed. Government officials and NTPC authorities revealed this at a joint press briefing on the situation.
