Frequent floods in the Brahmaputra are eating away at Assam’s tribal lands

The Mising people are now running out of space after decades of flooding and riverbank erosion.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jan 09, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 136 missing people to be declared dead

The rescuers had recovered 68 bodies till Monday.

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· Feb 23, 2021 · 12:38 pm

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 68, more than 135 people still missing

The Navy and the IAF launched a joint operation to measure the depth of the glacial lake formed upstream from Tapovan after the flash flood.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 21, 2021 · 04:03 pm

Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 58 as two more bodies found in Chamoli, 146 people still missing

The rescue operations continued for the tenth straight day on Tuesday.

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· Feb 16, 2021 · 12:28 pm

Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 56, rescue operations under way for ninth day at Tapovan tunnel

National Disaster Response Force Commandment PK Tiwari said that they are facing a few difficulties in taking out the bodies from the tunnel.

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· Feb 15, 2021 · 12:58 pm

Uttarakhand glacier disaster : Toll rises to 50, rescue operation continues at Tapovan tunnel

On Saturday, rescuers began drilling a deeper hole into the tunnel to reach those trapped inside.

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· Feb 14, 2021 · 04:15 pm

Uttarakhand disaster: Rescue teams widen hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach over 30 trapped workers

At least 38 people have died and 166 are missing after a part of a glacier broke off on February 7, unleashing flash floods in the state.

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· Feb 13, 2021 · 08:25 pm

Uttarakhand toll rises to 37, rescue officials close in on people stuck inside Tapovan tunnel

About 120 metres of sludge from the mouth of the tunnel has been cleared, while the trapped workers were stated to be located somewhere at 180 metres.

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· Feb 12, 2021 · 11:01 am

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Rescue effort at tunnel resumes after brief halt as water level rises

So far, 34 people have died and over 200 are still missing after floods struck Chamoli district on the morning of February 7.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 11, 2021 · 04:25 pm

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 32, search on for nearly 35 trapped in tunnel

Rescuers are yet to make contact with the people trapped inside the Tapovan tunnel.

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· Feb 10, 2021 · 07:59 am

Uttarakhand: Toll rises to 31, nearly 175 people still missing; Tapovan tunnel entrance cleared

At least 30 workers are feared to be trapped inside a tunnel that was swamped at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 09, 2021 · 01:04 pm

Flash floods in Uttarakhand a ‘classic case of climate change’, say experts

While experts could not confirm the cause of the disaster yet, it was suggested that it could be due to formation of glacial lakes.

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· Feb 08, 2021 · 02:53 pm