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  Chamoli Avalanche: Two more bodies recovered, death count at six; efforts on to rescue two workers

  India | March 02, 2025 12:49 IST

  Five BRO workers are still trapped in the avalanche that hit Chamoli's Mana village on Friday. The SDRF has flown to Joshimath with a Victim Locating and Thermal Image Camera to intensify the rescue operation.

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  Uttarakhand avalanche: 4 rescued individuals succumb to injuries, Army, Air Force deploy helicopters

  India | March 01, 2025 23:56 IST

  The Indian Army, along with other rescue teams, is continuing operations at full capacity, deploying all available resources to locate and evacuate any remaining stranded individuals. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation, ensuring swift medical attention for those in need.

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  Uttarakhand Tragedy: 29 persons missing from Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project declared dead

  India | May 30, 2021 10:32 IST

  Nearly 29 labourers from Uttar Pradesh, who were working at Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project in Uttarakhand's Chamoli and went missing when a glacier burst triggered a massive flash flood on February 7, have finally been declared "dead".

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  Jubin Nautiyal raises over Rs 10 lakh for Chamoli victims

  Celebrities | March 03, 2021 14:58 IST

  Popular singer Jubin Nautiyal paid a visit to Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat, on Tuesday to hand over the money he raised through a digital concert on February 14 for those affected by the recent Chamoli flood disaster in the state.  

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  Chamoli disaster: Work underway to widen the flow of lake formed at Rishi Ganga

  News | February 23, 2021 21:49 IST

  Work to widen the flow of the lake formed at Rishi Ganga in Chamoli is underway. Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawans, SDRF officials and other organizations are carrying out this joint operation.

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  No imminent danger in artificial lake formed after glacier burst in Chamoli: Uttarakhand Chief Secy

  India | February 23, 2021 8:38 IST

  SDRF team in Dehradun constantly monitoring the situation of the artificial lake formed in the upper reaches of Chamoli district, at control room via Quick Deployment Antenna (QDA) system.

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  Tapovan tunnel rescue operation may wind up in 3-4 days: Uttarakhand DGP

  India | February 16, 2021 8:57 IST

  Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on Monday said he is expecting that the rescue operation in disaster-hit Chamoli may wind up in the next 3-4 days.

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  Uttarakhand glacier burst : 54 bodies recovered till now

  News | February 16, 2021 7:20 IST

  The Chamoli Police informed that the body count in the glacier burst incident has reached 54.

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  Chamoli disaster: 56 bodies recovered, rescue operation underway

  News | February 15, 2021 22:20 IST

  Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with NDRF carried out search and rescue operation at Raini village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

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  Chamoli disaster: 'Victims to get Rs 20 lakh compensation', says NTPC Project Director

  News | February 15, 2021 18:40 IST

  NTPC project director, Ujjwal Bhattacharya said that Rs 20 lakh will be provided as compensation for victims in the Chamoli glacier burst that happened on February 07.

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  Uttarakhand calamity: Three more bodies recovered as rescue operations continue, toll climbs to 53

  India | February 15, 2021 13:16 IST

  Over 500 ration kits carrying foodgrains and essentials have already been distributed among residents of over a dozen villages that were cut off from the district headquarters following the disaster that struck a week ago.

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  Chamoli Glacier Break: SDRF team conducts survey of lake formed near Rishiganga river | Watch

  India | February 14, 2021 0:00 IST

  Days after the Chamoli glacier break in Uttarakhand following which a lake had formed near Raini village, posing another danger, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team on Saturday that reached the lake formation site, reviewed the situation.

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  Chamoli disaster: ITBP helicopter arrives at Lata Helipad carrying ration

  News | February 10, 2021 20:00 IST

  ITBP helicopter arrived at the Lata Helipad carrying ration for the villagers that are cut off due to the flash floods traversing through mountainous terrain in Chamoli.

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  Unable to connect with 12-13 villages: Disaster Mitigation and Management on Chamoli disaster

  News | February 10, 2021 16:40 IST

  Uttarakhand Disaster Mitigation and Management, Executive Director Piyoosh Rautela informed that connection with around 12-13 villages have been disrupted after the bridge was washed away due to the glacier burst calamity. Piyoosh Rautela said, "We've not been able to connect with 12-13 villages after the bridge was washed away.

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  EXCLUSIVE: It's challenging, but hope to rescue all stuck inside Tapovan tunnel, says CM Rawat

  India | February 09, 2021 19:23 IST

  Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat acknowledged that the rescue work is one of the most challenging the world has seen but said he was hopeful that everyone inside the tunnel would be pulled out alive.

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  Collapse of rock mass weakened due to freezing may have caused Uttarakhand flash floods: Scientists

  India | February 09, 2021 16:54 IST

  The crashing rock mass also brought earth and mounds of snow with it. The friction may have resulted in heating, which could have caused the floods, the observations suggest.

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  Exclusive: Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on Chamoli disaster

  News | February 09, 2021 16:29 IST

  The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 30 with the recovery of two more bodies, even as a multi-agency operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued on Tuesday.