Uttarakhand floods bring back memories of 2013 Kedarnath tragedy, but clear weather helping rescue operations
FirstpostFor many people in Uttarakhand, the floods in Chamoli on Sunday brought back horrific memories of the deluge of 2013, which is estimated to have left over 5,000 people dead. Fortunately, we were saved but the workers on the dam site were not so lucky.” Clear weather helping rescue efforts While the tragedy on Sunday has claimed ten lives till now, the glacier burst does not seem to have wrecked the kind of devastation that was seen in 2013. However, unlike the Kedarnath tragedy which struck after a downpour, the flash flood on Sunday occurred on a bright and sunny morning which helped in relief and rescue operations by police, State Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel in the affected areas. Rescue efforts currently focussed on Tapovan tunnel: DGP A total of 143 people are still missing due to the floods that occurred on Sunday, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said.