Drilling work on tapovan tunnel, ITBP jawans are busy hanging bridges in Chamoli villages

The collapse of the glacier has wreaked havoc in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, which claimed many lives. ITBP personnel are now engaged to take control of the situation. Drilling in the Tapovan Tunnel is also in progress. ITBP DIG Aparna Kumar spoke and the technical team was relaxing with a survey. Drilling in the Tapovan Tunnel is in progress.

At the same time, ITBP jawans have been busy building hanging bridges in Chamoli villages, which have lost contact with them due to the disaster. This bridge is used to provide rations for the people living in those villages.

Rescue operations continue, 34 bodies recovered
Rescue operations continued in the disaster-prone area of ​​Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Wednesday on the fourth day, with the death toll rising to 34 after two more bodies were discovered. An officer was informed about this. Due to tons of mud and debris in the flood-damaged Tapovan-Vishnugad project tunnel, drone assistance and remote sensing equipment are being taken to track 30-35 people trapped in the rescue operation, the official said.

Uttarakhand Police Chief Spokesperson and Deputy Inspector General Nilesh Anand Bharne said: “Our focus at this time is to protect those trapped in the tunnel with all the resources available to us. Drones and Remote Sensing Devices. “

The 13.2-megawatt ish Shiganga Hydroelectric Project was completely destroyed as millions of metric tonnes of snow fell from the mountain of the ish Shiganga Valley on Sunday while working on the 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project tunnel. Badly damaged. People got caught up in it. Since then, there has been continuous rescue and search operations by the Army, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRRF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

Defense teams have so far reached 80 meters inside the tunnel and they have to travel at least 100 meters between tons of debris to reach people trapped inside, Bharne said. In addition to the disaster prone area, the missing are being sought along the Alakananda River, he said.

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