Glacial Burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli Triggers Flash Flood, 100-150 Missing

New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a massive flood in the Dhauliganga river was reported near a village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district in which 100-150 people are reportedly missing.

The district authorities however,  launch a search and rescue operation and sounded an alert in all the districts downstream up to Haridwar.

Hundreds of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been rushed to the site to carry out rescue operations near the Raini village.

Meanwhile, the Chamoli district magistrate Swati S Bhadauria has instructed officials to evacuate people living in villages on the bank of Dhauliganga river.

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