The recoveries take the toll in the disaster to 46, while 158 people remain missing, officials said.
NDRF personnel carry the body of a victim at Raini village on Sunday. PIC/PTI
Eight bodies were recovered on Sunday from the flash flood-ravaged hydel project sites in Tapovan and Raini of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, taking the toll in the calamity to 46, even as search and rescue operations were intensified.
Five bodies were recovered from the intake adit tunnel of the NTPC’s 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project. These are the first bodies to be found from the site where muck-clearing and drilling operations have been underway on a war-footing since last Sunday. Three others were recovered from Raini, where a 13.2 MW hydel project along the Rishiganga was destroyed in the calamity.
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The recoveries take the toll in the disaster to 46, while 158 people remain missing, officials said. The bodies have been kept at a temporary mortuary built in Tapovan.
Rescue teams continued widening a hole into the Silt Flushing Tunnel at the project site in Tapovan where around 30 people are believed to be trapped.
46
Total death toll in the disaster
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