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Govt to launch survey to assess vulnerability of glacial lakes after monsoonOfficials announced that after the monsoon season, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Jam...- Several parliamentary panels pointed to 'fragile nature of Himalayan ecology'Both the Char Dham project and the hydel power projects, which are now being debated for their ecological impact in Joshimath, have been ra...
- NTPC says it adopted best relief measures after Chamoli disasterThe NTPC on Wednesday told the Uttarakhand High Court that it has adopted best relief measures on a par with international standards to hel...
- Uttarakhand flash flood: 64 people from UP still missing, officials sayIn a statement issued here, Relief Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh Sanjay Goyal said, "As of February 13, five persons from the state have di...
- Uttarakhand Glacier disaster: Rescue operation to locate 25-35 workers trapped inside Tapovan tunnel continuesThe rescue operation at the NTPC hydel project site, which bore the brunt of the disaster, has been going on uninterrupted since Sunday aft...
- Uttarakhand disaster: 70 from UP, including 34 from Lakhimpur Kheri, missingEarlier in the day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sent a team of three ministers to Uttarakhand for better coordination with the state in ...
- Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Toll climbs to 31 in Uttarakhand disaster, CM Rawat meets affected villagersAround 170 people are still missing after the Sunday's disaster apparently caused by a glacier burst, according to the latest data.
- Yogi Adityanath deputes three UP ministers to Uttarakhand for coordinating relief worksA portion of the Nanda Devi glacier possibly burst through its banks in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to an avalanche a...
- Uttarakhand disaster: Glacier fracture triggered tragedy, shows initial studies“The DRDO team is analysing all available data but an initial aerial survey indicates that a hanging glacier broke away from the main glaci...
- Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Damage to NTPC project may delay its commissioning, says ministerThe minister visited Tapovan on Monday to assess the extent of damage at the project site, a day after the glacier burst in Chamoli distric...
- Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 18 bodies recovered, 202 missing as rescue efforts intensifyThe 202 still missing include those working at hydel power project sites as well as villagers nearby whose homes were washed away with the ...
- Uttarakhand: ISRO, DRDO helping to ascertain exact cause; relief work immediate priorityMultiple agencies coordinated efforts to search for survivors on Monday, a day after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier possibly burst thr...
- How glaciers can burst and send floods downstreamProglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat, are often bound by sediment and boulder formations. Additional water or pressure, or struc...
- Why did glacier break in cold winter month of Feb?"This is an anomaly. In winter, glaciers remain firmly frozen. Even walls of glacial lakes are tightly bound. A flood of this sort in this ...
- Uttarakhand tragedy could be result of ‘very rare’ bursting of water pockets in glacierScientists on Sunday said satellite and Google Earth images did not show a glacial lake near the region, but there was a possibility of 'wa...
- High alert in UP as glacier breaks off in neighbouring UttarakhandIn a disaster alert issued to district magistrates in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, the relief commissioner said, "Reports of breaking off a par...
- Uttarakhand flood: Green experts point at increased human intervention in Himalayan regionIncremental use of reinforced concrete cement structures replacing the traditional wood and stone masonry is accelerating a heat-island imp...
- UP opposition leaders urge Centre to assist neighbouring Uttarakhand as glacier burst sets off flash floods"The loss of lives in the lower areas caused after an avalanche in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is extremely saddening. The Centre shoul...
- Have assured Uttarakhand CM of all assistance: Jal Shakti minister“A glacier has broken off in Uttarakhand & breach of a barrage has been reported. I have spoken to the CM Sh. Trivendra Singh Rawat ji and ...
- PM Modi reviews flood situation in Uttarakhand, says nation prays for everyone's safety there"Am constantly monitoring the unfortunate situation in Uttarakhand. India stands with Uttarakhand and the nation prays for everyone's safet...
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