BREAKING: Chamoli Tunnel Collapse: 7 Dead, 14 Injured as Rescue Teams Battle Water and Debris

A
majo
tu el
t agedy
has
st uck
Chamoli
i
Utta akha d,
whe e
a
sudde
i flow
of
wate
a d
deb is
hit
a
u de -co st uctio
tu el
at
the
Vish ugad-Pipalkoti
hyd oelect ic
p oject.
The
i cide t
occu ed
o
Thu sday
eve i g,
leavi g
wo ke s
t apped
i side
as
escue
age cies
lau ched
a
massive
ove ight
ope atio .
Acco di g
to
the
latest
epo ts,
seve
wo ke s
have
died
a d
14
othe s
have
bee
i ju ed
i
the
disaste .
Th ee
wo ke s
a e
still
epo ted
to
be
t apped
o
missi g,
while
escue
teams
co ti ue
thei
sea ch
i side
the
damaged
tu el.
I itial
i fo matio
i dicated
that
22
wo ke s
we e
wo ki g
i side
whe
the
i cide t
occu ed.
The
sudde
ush
of
wate
a d
deb is
epo tedly
gave
wo ke s
ve y
little
time
to
escape.
Wate
accumulatio
a d
heavy
deb is
have
made
the
escue
ope atio
ext emely
challe gi g.
Multiple
age cies,
i cludi g
the
NDRF,
SDRF
a d
ITBP,
a e
i volved
i
the
ope atio .
Utta akha d
Chief
Mi iste
Pushka
Si gh
Dhami
visited
the
accide t
site
a d
eviewed
the
o goi g
escue
effo ts.
He
also
assessed
the
co ditio s
i side
the
tu el
a d
di ected
officials
to
make
eve y
possible
effo t
to
b i g
out
those
still
t apped.
A a geme ts
have
also
bee
made
to
p ovide
adva ced
medical
t eatme t
to
se iously
i ju ed
wo ke s
if
equi ed.
Rescue s
a e
wo ki g
co ti uously
to
emove
accumulated
wate
a d
deb is
a d
each
the
t apped
wo ke s.
The
ope atio
is
bei g
closely
mo ito ed
by
se io
officials
as
teams
ace
agai st
time
to
save
those
still
i side.
The
Chamoli
tu el
disaste
has
o ce
agai
highlighted
the
se ious
isks
faced
by
wo ke s
i volved
i
majo
i f ast uctu e
p ojects
i
Utta akha d’s
difficult
Himalaya
te ai .
Autho ities
a e
expected
to
i vestigate
the
ci cumsta ces
that
led
to
the
sudde
wate
a d
deb is
su ge
afte
the
escue
ope atio
is
completed.

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