'No other option': Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boomFifteen years ago, bulldozers descended on Raini village to build a dam, part of a push by India to increase hydroelectric power. The field...
22 Feb, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
ITBP chief visits Tapovan tunnel, Raini village in Uttarakhand to take stock of rescue operations"The director general took stock of the search-and-rescue operations being conducted at the Tapovan tunnel. He also visited the other small...
19 Feb, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Uttarakhand floods: Rescue efforts hampered by water accumulation inside tunnelSludge clearing at the adit tunnel, where eleven bodies were recovered recently, was temporarily suspended since Tuesday evening due to the...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
NTPC starts disbursing compensation for deceased workers at Tapovan projectWhile the Tapovan team has accelerated completion of all modalities to fast-track distribution of compensation, the company has decided to ...
16 Feb, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
Uttarakhand flash floods: Atmosphere in Tapovan village grim as families lose hopeNine bodies have so far been recovered from the tunnel at Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site taking the toll in the tragedy to 54, while ...
15 Feb, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
Uttarakhand calamity: Three more bodies recovered, toll climbs to 53Rescue efforts are now underway at the Silt Flushing Tunnel (SFT) only with the help of excavators as a camera or apipe cannot be inserted ...
15 Feb, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Rescue teams recovered 50 bodies out of the 204 missingAn alarm and hooter system has been installed and made operational for early warning system in the area to avoid further tragedy, an MHA of...
14 Feb, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst: A mom’s frantic calls to son saved about 25 lives“Our village is situated at a height. My mother was working outside when the flash flood descended. Had it not been for her warning, I and ...
14 Feb, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Rescue teams battle on in Tapovan tunnelRescue teams battled on against various odds for the sixth consecutive day on Friday to get to the over 30 people trapped inside the sludge...
12 Feb, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Uttarakhand tragedy: Rescue Work hampered by slush, rise in river levelsAround 35 people are believed to be trapped inside the tunnel after a flash flood caused by fall of a cracked glacier in the Alaknanda batt...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Uttarakhand disaster: In UP villages, loved ones hover between hope and despairThirty-one bodies had been recovered till Tuesday afternoon from the disaster area as relief workers raced against time to rescue about 30 ...
09 Feb, 2021, 06.04 PM IST
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.
09 Feb, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
Fate of NTPC’s Tapovan project hangs in balance after Rs 1,500 crore lossThe company, however, told the BSE on Monday that the “damage may not be considered material or significant” as per Sebi norms in the light...
09 Feb, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
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 ...
08 Feb, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Toll climbs to 10 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missingUttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said 143 people are still missing, a day after the glacier burst triggered a massive avalanche and floods in th...
08 Feb, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
143 people still missing a day after the glacier burst, says Uttarakhand DGP08 Feb, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst leaves seven dead, at least 125 missing; CM says numbers could be higher, announces compensationUttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the numbers could be higher and announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the next of ...
07 Feb, 2021, 10.01 PM IST