Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates: Death toll climbs to 32; rescue operations underway

Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates | Four workers from Jharkhand missing in glacier burst

At least four workers from two villages of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand are missing in Uttarakhand since the glacier burst, its deputy commissioner Sandeep Singh said. The four belong to Chikad and Sagrampur villages, which are near Chief Minister Hemant Soren's native village Nemra. There is no news of them yet, he said. (PTI)

Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates | The rescue operation at the 2.5 km long Tapovan tunnel in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand continued last night; teams worked to remove slush and debris in the tunnel. Around 30 people are feared trapped in the tunnel.

Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates | Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel carried ration items to Pang village, which was cut off due to flash floods, traversing through mountainous terrain in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates | Death toll rises to 32, race against time to rescue those trapped in tunnel

The death toll in the Uttarakhand disaster rose to 32 with six more bodies being recovered, officials have said as multiple agencies raced against time to reach about 30 workers trapped inside a tunnel at a power project site and 174 people remained missing. About 600 rescue workers are involved in the operation, two days after the sudden flood in the Alaknanda river system in Chamoli district that was possibly triggered by an avalanche or glacier burst. (PTI)

Uttarakhand News LIVE Updates | Uttarakhand flash floods due to hanging glacier collapse: Initial study

The flash floods in Uttarakhand two days ago was due to the collapse of a hanging glacier, initial observations by scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggests. A hanging glacier is a body of ice that breaks off abruptly at the edge of a precipice or steep slope. "The event happened in a hanging glacier, adjacent to Raunthi glacier, which originates from Raunthi/Mrigudhani peak (6,063 metres above sea level)," Kalachand Sain, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, said. The observations also suggest that rock mass weakened over a period of time due to freezing and thawing of snow must have led to the creation of a "weak zone", triggering its collapse, which resulted in the formation of a temporary dam that eventually breached, causing the deadly floods. (PTI)

Welcome to Moneycontrol’s LIVE coverage of the flood that has occurred in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district after a glacial burst caused an avalanche. The death toll from the Uttarakhand disaster has risen to 32, the State Emergency Operation Centre said, even as the operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued.

Stay tuned for updates.