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Heavy rains washed away a motorable bridge on the Jyotirmath-Malari highway in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, cutting off over a dozen villages. Landslides also blocked key highways to Badrinath and Kedarnath. No casualties have been reported, officials said

Severe flooding in Tharali, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) has left two people missing after heavy rain caused debris and roadblocks. Schools are closed, and national and local highways remain shut as rescue operations continue amid flood-like conditions near the Pindar River.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said 16 of 57 workers trapped under avalanche in Chamoli have been rescued

Villagers express deep frustration with the local administration, accuse them of inaction and neglect

According to police officials, the accident occurred on the Badrinath National Highway near Chatwapeepal between Gauchar and Karnaprayag

Gopeshwar : Police on Saturday arrested three people in connection with the death of 16 people due to electrocution at a sewage treatment plant in Chamoli district in Uttrakhand. Chamoli Superintendent of Police Pramendra Dobal told a press conference that Hardevlal Arya, assistant engineer in-charge of Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, Mahendra Singh, lineman of the electricity […]

Several people were also injured as a transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is also on standby to assist the district administration in the demolition work, as and when required.

Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar said a total of 430 BRO workers were at the road construction site when the avalanche occurred on Friday.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of Sumna area of Joshimath Sector in Chamoli district.

Rescue operations are still in progress to search for the persons still trapped under snow or stranded at worksites since late evening.

An avalanche on February 7 had caused large-scale damage to the project besides totally demolishing the Rishiganga hydel project at Raini village in Chamoli district.

"Out of 206 people missing in a flash flood, bodies of 71 people and 30 body parts have been recovered from Tapovan in Chamoli district," the state government said.

Search operation at the project site has been underway on a war footing basis for a fortnight since it bore the brunt of an avalanche triggered by a glacier burst over Rishi Ganga.

With this recovery, the toll in the February 7 disaster has risen to 62 while 142 people are still missing.

DNA samples of all the bodies and limbs are being preserved in a forensic laboratory in Dehradun

So far eleven bodies have been recovered from the sludge choked intake Adit tunnel of the flash flood ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project.

Nine bodies have so far been recovered from the tunnel at Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site taking the toll in the tragedy to 54, while officials say 150 people are still missing.

The Uttarakhand Police on Sunday had said that the Alaknanda River at Srinagar in Pauri Garhwal is flowing at the normal level.

The recoveries take the toll in the disaster to 46, while 158 people remain missing, officials said.