6 dead, 14 injured as water, debris enter tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli

Deh adu ,
Aug
13
(PTI):
Six
people
died
a d
14
sustai ed
i ju ies
o
Thu sday
afte
wate
a d
deb is
e te ed
a
tu el
u de
co st uctio
at
a
hyd oelect ic
p oject
site
i
Chamoli
dist ict
of
Utta akha d,
officials
said.

Acco di g
to
p elimi a y
i fo matio
sha ed
by
the
officials,
22
wo ke s
we e
t apped
i side
the
tu el.
Twe ty
people
have
bee
b ought
out
of
the
tu el.
Of
them,
six
we e
decla ed
dead,
while
14
othe s
have
sustai ed
i ju ies
a d
a e
u de goi g
t eatme t
at
a
ea by
hospital.

I fo matio
about
the
emai i g
two
wo ke s
was
ot
immediately
available.

The
i cide t
occu ed
at
the
Teh i
Hyd o
Developme t
Co po atio
(THDC)
Limited’s
p oject
site
i
the
Pipalkoti
a ea.
The
co st uctio
wo k
is
bei g
ca ied
out
by
the
Hi dusta
Co st uctio
Compa y
(HCC),
the
officials
said.

Utta akha d
Chief
Sec eta y
A a d
Va dha
told
PTI
ea lie
that
acco di g
to
epo ts,
seve al
wo ke s
we e
t apped
afte
wate
a d
deb is
e te ed
the
tu el
of
the
Pipalkoti
hyd oelect ic
p oject.

Police,
State
Disaste
Respo se
Fo ce
(SDRF),
Ce t al
I dust ial
Secu ity
Fo ce
(CISF)
a d
othe
age cies
ushed
to
the
spot.

A
Natio al
Disaste
Respo se
Fo ce
(NDRF)
team
f om
Rud ap ayag
was
o
the
way
to
Pipalkoti
to
joi
the
escue
ope atio .
I do-Tibeta
Bo de
Police
a d
A my
teams
we e
also
deployed.
Dist ict
Magist ate
(DM)
Gau av
Kuma
eached
the
spot
a d
was
ove seei g
the
e ti e
ope atio ,
officials
said.

I
a
post
o
X,
Chief
Mi iste
Dhami
exp essed
co ce
ove
the
i cide t
a d
di ected
all
age cies
to
co duct
elief
a d
escue
ope atio s
o
a
wa
footi g.

Vi od
Kuma
Suma ,
Sec eta y
of
Disaste
Ma ageme t
a d
Rehabilitatio
Depa tme t,
said
the
situatio
is
bei g
co ti uously
mo ito ed
f om
eme ge cy
ope atio
ce t es
a d
additio al
teams
will
be
deployed
if
eeded.
PTI
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PRK

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