Rescue operations underway for the last eight hours were carried out manually initially after which a dog squad and two earth-movers were deployed late in the evening.
Uttar Pradesh: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident.
You have done a great service to humanity, made India proud, PM Modi said while interacting with assistance and relief teams which returned from quake-hit Turkey.
The situation is getting worse due to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The number of dead is increasing every day. The death toll from the earthquake has crossed 24,000. The Indian Army and NDRF personnel are working day and night to save lives.
So far, more than 21,000 people have died in both countries. With each passing hour, the hopes of life are diminishing, but still the search for breath continues in the rubble.
Proud of our NDRF. In the rescue operations in Turkey, Team IND-11 saved the life of a six-year-old girl, Beren, in Gaziantep city, tweeted Home Minister Amit Shah.
India TV's Exclusive Report From Earthquake-Affected Turkey
Thousands of people have been sheltered in sports centres, fair halls, with others spent the night outside, in Hatay, Turkey, huddled in blankets around fires, due to severe drop in temperature.
The second Globemaster plane of the Indian Air Force has left for Turkey. The first shipment of aid from India arrived in Turkey this morning.The first team includes 51 NDRF personnel.
Today, more than 640 people have died in Turkey and Syria. Keeping in mind such a disaster, on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two teams of the NDRF will go to Turkey. India will send relief material and doctors to Turkey along with the NDRF team.
The direction came after satellite images released by the Indian Space Research Organisation showed the rapid rate of subsidence in Joshimath between Dec 27 and January 8, fuelling concerns over the situation.
Joshimath sinking: Every minute is important, said the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary as cracks continue to come up in more houses, buildings and roads in the sinking town of Joshimath.
NDRF ropeway audit: NDRF force has also decided to train rescuers in specific ropeway rescue skills, apart from purchasing an assortment of tools like pulleys and carabiners for transporting the salvager and evacuating stranded people.
A total of 3 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and those from the Army, state police and local administration are working at the Tupul yard railway construction camp which was hit by a massive landslide.
Prime Minister Modi lauded efforts of all personnel from different agencies who put their own life at risk and rescued people trapped in Jharkhand ropeway accident.
One Mi17 helicopter is being used in the rescue operation while IAF is sending more Mi17s to join rescue efforts in the Jharkhand ropeway mishap. As per eyewitnesses, 50 people were stuck in at least 12 cabins in the ropeway out of whom 18 people from 3 trollies have been rescued so far.
The depression in Bay of Bengal and South Andaman sea is also predicted to cause rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning.
Significant rainfall and thundershowers were received at a few places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the low pressure area continued to persist near it even as the system moved northwards and was set to form Cyclone Asani on March 21.
The relief material was sent in two consignments - through a flight that left for Poland this morning and another on an Indian Air Force aircraft that left for Romania on Wednesday afternoon.
The Twitter handle of the multi-disciplinary force NDRF, @NDRFHQ, was hacked on Saturday. The incident comes a few days after the NDRF celebrated its 17th Raising Day on January 19.
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