Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Drilling Operation Within Tapovan Tunnel Starts
Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: A joint workforce of ITBP, NDRF, SDRF and sister businesses entered tunnel the day before today.
Chamoli, Uttarakhand:
The rescue groups on Thursday have began a drilling operation to peep into the ‘slush flushing tunnel’ 12 to 13 meters under the tunnel the place those groups are at this time getting rid of slush from the Tapovan tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) knowledgeable.
In a sequence of tweets, ITBP knowledgeable that the drilling operations began at 2 am as of late.
“Drilling operations began through rescue groups at 0200 AM to peep into the slush flushing tunnel 12 to 13 meters under. That is being completed from the tunnel the place rescue groups are at this time getting rid of slush,” ITBP tweeted.
Drilling operations began through rescue groups at 0200 AM to peep into the slush flushing tunnel 12 to 13 meters under. That is being completed from the tunnel the place rescue groups are at this time getting rid of slush.#UttarakhandGlacierBurst#TapovanTunnelpic.twitter.com/OgIaHD8ILZ
— ITBP (@ITBP_official) February 11, 2021
“The groups thru dull operation will attempt to see whether or not the slush flushing tunnel under is obvious of slush or in a different way to look possibilities of trapped individuals being rescued from there,” any other tweet from ITBP learn.
“Rescue groups have began the drilling operation to peep into the tunnel 12 meters under..we’re at this time at 6.5,” knowledgeable Deputy Basic of Police (DGP) Uttarakhand Ashok Kumar.
Round 30 individuals are feared trapped inside of.
As many as 32 our bodies had been recovered thus far from other spaces hit through the glacier burst in Chamoli district, whilst 206 individuals are lacking throughout the Tapovan tunnel.
A joint workforce of ITBP, NDRF, SDRF and sister businesses entered the tunnel the day before today.
A glacier broke within the Tapovan-Reni house of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand on Sunday, which led to large flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers and broken properties and the close by Rishiganga energy mission.
