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1 year, 10 months ago

Himalayan Town of Joshimath Is Sinking

Large parts of the Himalayan town and surrounding areas have subsided. According to the National Remote Sensing Center of the Indian Space Research Organization, Joshimath sank by 9 centimeters between April and November 2022, and then between December 28 and January 8, the town sank by another 5 centimeters, indicating that a “rapid subsidence event was triggered.” Joshimath is vulnerable …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis

The Hindu

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST Tapovan Vishnugad, the 520 MW hydropower project undertaken by NTPC, has been controversial at least since 2009, as it is again now in January 2023. In 2009, when the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower project’s tunnel boring machine on Dhauliganga river punctured an aquifer near Selang, it led to a daily discharge of millions of …

India Disaster Uttarakhand Hydropower Projects Project State

1 year, 11 months ago

GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect

The Hindu

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST By the end of 2022, there had already been several reports of local protests about the “gradual sinking” of Joshimath, a small Himalayan mountain town in the northern State of Uttarakhand. But it was only on January 5, several days after cracks began to appear in hundreds of houses and the matter became …

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1 year, 11 months ago

INTERVIEW | Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’

The Hindu

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST For nearly four decades, Ravi Chopra, research scientist, author, and former director of the People’s Science Institute in Dehradun, has led projects dealing with development, environment, and disaster mitigation in the Himalayan belt. He has served on several government committees, including chairing the Char Dham Pariyojana Committee and the one studying the impact …

Development Sustainable Development Uttarakhand Mountain State Chopra Committee

3 years, 5 months ago

Body of Mumbai Student Who Drowned in Haridwar Recovered, 2 Others Remain Untraced

News 18

The body of a 21-year-old medical student who drowned in the Ganga river at Tapovan in Haridwar earlier this week was brought to her residence in Mumbai on Sunday, her family members said. However, two friends of the deceased Madhushree Kursange who are also feared drowned remain untraced even four days after the incident, they said. A group of five …

Mumbai Haridwar Remain Untraced Kursange

3 years, 6 months ago

Huge Rock Mass Broke from Left Valley of Raunthi Gad, Leading to Flood in U'Khand in Feb: GSI

News 18

A huge mass of rock and snow broke from a left valley of Raunthi Gad, crashing down in the Rishiganga valley and triggering a deadly flood in the Rishiganga river that wiped out a hydel power plant in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in February, a report by the Geological Survey of India has said. According to Saibal Ghosh, Director, Geo-hazard Research …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Huge rock mass broke from valley, triggering February flood in Uttarakhand's Chamoli: GSI

India Today

A huge mass of rock and snow broke from a left valley of Raunthi Gad, crashing down in the Rishiganga valley and triggering a deadly flood in the Rishiganga river that wiped out a hydel power plant in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in February, a report by the Geological Survey of India has said. READ: Chamoli disaster: Unnoticed slope movement that …

Uttarakhand Rock River Valley Chamoli Gsi Flash Flood

3 years, 10 months ago

Chamoli flash flood: A wake-up call

The Hindu

On February 7, around 10 a.m., a landslide, the trigger of which was unknown, crashed into a lake formed in the past in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Uttarakhand, resulting in a flash flood bearing mud and other debris that hurtled down the steep slopes and claimed at least 56 lives and two hydroelectric power projects. This wedge of approximately …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 67 as two more bodies recovered from Tapovan project site

Firstpost

Gopeshwar: Two more bodies were recovered from the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site, taking the toll in the calamity in Uttarakhand to 67 even as search operations continued there for the 15th day on Sunday. Three bodies had been recovered from the desilting tank near the Tapovan project barrage by Saturday evening while two more were extricated late at night, …

Project Toll Rises Tapovan

3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand flood: Toll climbs to 54; hopes for finding survivors dim after three more bodies found at Tapovan tunnel

Firstpost

Nine bodies have been pulled out from Adit tunnel at the National Thermal Power Corporation’s ’s Tapovan-Vishnugad project site, choked by debris after the 7 February flash flood Tapovan/Dehradun: Three more bodies were recovered Monday from the Tapovan tunnel, taking the toll in the Uttarakhand flash flood to 54 as hopes of finding survivors there over a week after the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand flash floods: Rescuers boring wider hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach 30 trapped inside

India Today

Rescuers on Saturday began boring a wider and deeper hole into the tunnel at the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in an attempt to reach the over 30 people trapped inside for nearly a week. “The Silt Flushing Tunnel was punctured on Friday night itself by drilling a 75mm-diameter hole into it but now it is being widened to 300 mm …

Rescue Water Uttarakhand Pti Flash Floods Tunnel Trapped

3 years, 10 months ago

Chamoli glacier burst: J-K man's kin urge govt to speed up rescue efforts

Hindustan Times

The family of a J&K man, working with a private firm executing a power project on Alaknanda river in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand and gone missing since the glacier burst there, has appealed to the government to speed up the rescue operation and locate his body. ITBP officials survey area near Reni village which faced huge damages due to the …

Chamoli Jatinder Tapovan

3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand: Geologist warns of impending danger after lake formation at Rishiganga river path

India TV News

As rescuers continue round-the-clock operation to pull out those believed to be stuck inside a tunnel in Tapovan area after last Sunday's flash floods, a geologist has alerted the authorities of impending danger by a lake formed by debris of the avalanche. In a video shared by Garhwal University Geologist Dr Naresh Rana, it can be clearly seen that the …

Rescue Uttarakhand Lake Tunnel Geologist Tapovan Rishiganga

3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: 36 bodies recovered, 10 identified, 168 still missing

Hindustan Times

The rescue workers continued clearing muck from the 1.7km-long tunnel in NTPC’s hydel power project in Tapovan, Chamoli, on Friday to rescue about 36 workers trapped inside. Rescue team members work during a relief operation at a destroyed bridge site after a flash flood swept down a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, in Raini village in Uttarakhand The rescue …

Uttarakhand Rescue Operation Kumar Rescue Work Tapovan Identified 168 36 Workers

3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand disaster: Chamoli rescue ops briefly halted as water level rises

Hindustan Times

Rescue and search operations were briefly halted at NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project on Thursday afternoon after police in Uttarakhand issued an alert over rising water levels in the Alaknanda river and its tributary Dhauliganga, officials said. Rescuers have retrieved 35 bodies since tragedy struck Chamoli district on Sunday morning, when a glacier breach sent a torrent of water and sludge …

Water Uttarakhand Officials Bodies Tunnel Chamoli Briefly Halted

3 years, 11 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: 1st Phase of India-China Disengagement to Conclude by Month End; Rescue Work at Tapovan Tunnel Resumes and Other Top Stories

News 18

First Phase of India-China Disengagement in Ladakh to Conclude by Month End; India to Vacate ‘Strategic Heights’ in the South Bank Last: Sources Top govt sources have told CNN-News18 that the first phase of disengagement currently underway in Pangong Tso in Ladakh will be complete in 15-20 days. U’khand Glacier Burst: Rescue Work at Tapovan Tunnel Resumes After Halt as …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Rescue Work at Tapovan Tunnel Resumes After Halt as River Level Rises

News 18

The water level in the Dhauli Ganga river surged on Thursday, leading to temporary suspension of rescue work at the tunnel in Tapovan where 25-35 people are trapped for over four days since the glacier disaster. But as the water level rose in the river which flows into the Alaknanda, rescue workers scrambled out of the tunnel with their heavy …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand flash flood: Rescue ops, halted after rise in Rishiganga river level, resume

Hindustan Times

Rescuers resumed their operation after they were stopped temporarily following a rise in the level of water in the Rishiganga river, news agency ANI reported on Thursday. State Disaster Response Force personnel stand outside the entrance of Tapovan tunnel during rescue efforts in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. Aparna Kumar, deputy inspector general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, had said earlier in …

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3 years, 11 months ago

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand

News 18

The Indian Space Research Organisation has released first images of the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district in which 32 people have so far been confirmed dead and over 170 remain missing. The satellite images, released by the ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre, shed light on the damage to infrastructure at the Tapovan hydroelectric plant. Another photo shows damage to …

Uttarakhand Isro Tapovan Glacier Burst

3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Drones, dog squad roped in for rescue operations

Hindustan Times

With little breakthrough in the ongoing rescue operations in about 1.7km-long tunnel at the NTPC hydel power project in Tapovan, Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, the rescue agencies are now using drones and dog squad to look for about 35 workers trapped inside. SDRF deputy director general Riddhim Aggarwal who issued the permission for using drones and dog squad said, “Drones …

Rescue Workers Wednesday Morning Drones Tunnel Ntpc Tapovan

3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: What we know so far about the rescue operations

Hindustan Times

Rescuers scoured ravines and waded through the slush in the flash floods-hit Chamoli in Uttarakhand on Tuesday two days after a glacier breach sent a torrent of water, rock and dust hurtling down a valley into the Rishiganga river, where workers were building a dam. Here is what we know about the rescue work so far: Rescue operations continue at …

Uttarakhand Chamoli Tapovan

3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst| ‘Way ahead difficult’: Rescue op at Tapovan tunnel continues, 30 feared trapped

Hindustan Times

The multi-agency rescue operation at the 2.5 km long Tapovan tunnel in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand continued on Tuesday night as nearly 30 people are feared trapped in the tunnel, news agency ANI reported. Rescue operations continue at Tapovan Tunnel, following the Sunday's glacier burst in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river in Chamoli district of …

Rescue Uttarakhand Tunnel Ndrf Chamoli Chamoli District Itbp

3 years, 11 months ago

Glacier Break: Some Families Mourn, Others Await Piece of Good News as Search for Missing Continues

News 18

On Sunday, when the Dhauliganga river tore through the Rishiganga hydel project near Reni village, 24-year-old Abhishek Singh was sitting for breakfast just a few kilometres downstream at Tapovan Bihag. An electrical engineer at the NTPC Tapovan project, Singh got a call from his supervisor asking him to come to the tunnel site immediately as there was a fault in …

Singh Tunnel Ntpc Khanera

3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand disaster LIVE: Death toll 32; search, rescue operation underway

Business Standard

Rescue operations underway near the Rishi Ganga Power Project, a day after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Photo: PTI Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Indian Air Force continues relief operations in Uttarakhand Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar donates Rs 11 crore to Uttarakhand state disaster response fund …

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Himalayan Town of Joshimath Is Sinking

Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis

GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect

INTERVIEW | Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’

Body of Mumbai Student Who Drowned in Haridwar Recovered, 2 Others Remain Untraced

Huge Rock Mass Broke from Left Valley of Raunthi Gad, Leading to Flood in U'Khand in Feb: GSI

Huge rock mass broke from valley, triggering February flood in Uttarakhand's Chamoli: GSI

Chamoli flash flood: A wake-up call

Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 67 as two more bodies recovered from Tapovan project site

Uttarakhand flood: Toll climbs to 54; hopes for finding survivors dim after three more bodies found at Tapovan tunnel

Uttarakhand flash floods: Rescuers boring wider hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach 30 trapped inside

Chamoli glacier burst: J-K man's kin urge govt to speed up rescue efforts

Uttarakhand: Geologist warns of impending danger after lake formation at Rishiganga river path

Uttarakhand glacier burst: 36 bodies recovered, 10 identified, 168 still missing

Uttarakhand disaster: Chamoli rescue ops briefly halted as water level rises

News18 Evening Digest: 1st Phase of India-China Disengagement to Conclude by Month End; Rescue Work at Tapovan Tunnel Resumes and Other Top Stories

Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Rescue Work at Tapovan Tunnel Resumes After Halt as River Level Rises

Uttarakhand flash flood: Rescue ops, halted after rise in Rishiganga river level, resume

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Drones, dog squad roped in for rescue operations

Uttarakhand glacier burst: What we know so far about the rescue operations

Uttarakhand glacier burst| ‘Way ahead difficult’: Rescue op at Tapovan tunnel continues, 30 feared trapped

Glacier Break: Some Families Mourn, Others Await Piece of Good News as Search for Missing Continues

Uttarakhand disaster LIVE: Death toll 32; search, rescue operation underway