The police are preparing their response in Srinagar, Uttarakhand state, on February 7.
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About 150 workers in NTPC Ltd.’s hydroelectric plant is feared to be stuck or swept up after a flood that destroyed the main infrastructure when a Himalayan river broke through its banks.
The Rishiganga hydroelectric project near the village of Raini in the state of Uttarakhand was damaged, as well as the project under construction of the NTPC on the Dhauli Ganga river near Tapovan, said Vivek Pandey, a spokesman for the Indo-Tibetan Police Force who is helping in the Indo-Tibetan Police Force. rescue. The Indian army is on site and the Air Force is on standby.
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Three bodies were recovered near the NTPC Tapovan project, according to Pandey. Authorities attribute the devastation to an avalanche triggered by a glacier breach around 11 am local time on Sunday. People living on the bank of the Alaknanda River were asked to evacuate immediately.
“The most worrying thing is that this is not a flood season and there have been no warnings for those downstream,” said Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People. He said his group, an informal network of experts working on water-related infrastructure projects, is still waiting for clarity as to what exactly happened.
– With the help of Sudhi Ranjan Sen