7 Killed As Water Floods Under-Construction Tunnel In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli; Search On For 2 Missing

Seve
people
we e
killed
afte
wate
a d
deb is
e te ed
a
u de -co st uctio
tu el
of
the
Teh i
Hyd o
Developme t
Co po atio
Limited
(THDC)
at
Pipalkoti
i
Utta akha d’s
Chamoli
dist ict,
officials
said
o
F iday.

Acco di g
to
p elimi a y
i fo matio ,
22
wo ke s
we e
t apped
i side
the
tu el
out
of
which
twe ty
people
we e
escued
a d
b ought
out.
Two
wo ke s
a e
still
t apped
a d
effo ts
a e
u de way
to
each
them,
the
State
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Autho ity
said
i
a
stateme t.

Out
of
the
escued
wo ke s,
19
we e
b ought
to
the
Dist ict
Hospital
i
Gopeshwa
fo
t eatme t.
D
Aayush
of
the
hospital
said
seve
people
we e
decla ed
dead
at
the
hospital,
while
othe s
eached
the
facility
i
elatively
stable
co ditio .
Te
we e
admitted,
while
o e
wo ke
whose
co ditio
was
co side ed
u stable
was
efe ed
to
the
Base
Hospital
i
S i aga ,
ews
age cy
ANI
epo ted.

“A
total
of
19
people
we e
b ought
he e
f om
THDC;
seve
of
them
have
bee
decla ed
dead
at
the
hospital,
while
13
a ived
i
elatively
stable
co ditio .
We
have
admitted
10
of
them.
O e
you g
ma ,
whose
co ditio
was
somewhat
u stable,
has
bee
efe ed
to
the
Base
Hospital
i
S i aga ,”
D
Aayush
told
epo te s.

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|
Chamoli,
Utta akha d:
Dist ict
Hospital,
Gopeshwa ,
D
Aayush
says,
“A
total
of
19
people
we e
b ought
he e
f om
THDC;
7
of
them
have
bee
decla ed
dead
at
the
hospital,
while
13
a ived
i
elatively
stable
co ditio .
We
have
admitted
10
of
them.
O e
you g
ma ,
whose…

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—
ANI
(@ANI)

August
13,
2026

Multiple
Age cies
Joi
Rescue
Ope atio & bsp;

The
i cide t
took
place
at
the
THDC
p oject
site
i
the
Pipalkoti
a ea.
Co st uctio
wo k
at
the
site
is
bei g
ca ied
out
by
the
Hi dusta
Co st uctio
Compa y
(HCC),
PTI
epo ted
citi g
officials.

Utta akha d
Chief
Sec eta y
A a d
Va dha
had
ea lie
told
PTI
that
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,
SDRF,
CISF
a d
othe
age cies
eached
the
site
afte
the
i cide t.
A
NDRF
team
f om
Rud ap ayag
was
also
headi g
towa ds
Pipalkoti
to
joi
the
escue
ope atio .
I do-Tibeta
Bo de
Police
a d
A my
teams
we e
deployed
as
well.

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NDRF
team
comma de
Am it
Lal
Mee a
said
a
la ge
volume
of
wate
had
e te ed
the
tu el
by
the
time
the
escue
team
eached
the
site.
Wate
was
also
seepi g
i to
the
tu el
f om
the
sides.

“Afte
ou
team
a ived
a d
sta ted
the
ope atio ,
the e
was
a
massive
volume
of
wate
i side
the
tu el.
The
wate
level
has
ise
sig ifica tly
si ce
the .
Ou
pe so el,
usi g
specialised
equipme t,
have
ecove ed
fou
bodies
f om
the
wate
so
fa .
The
escue
ope atio
is
still
u de way
a d
will
co ti ue
u til
eve yo e
is
et ieved,”
Mee a
told
ANI
o
Thu sday.

THDC
Executive
Di ecto
(P ojects)
Kuma
Sha ad
said
a ou d
20
to
22
wo ke s
we e
i side
the
tu el
whe
the
i cide t
occu ed.
He
said
NDRF
a d
SDRF
teams
we e
deployed
fo
the
escue
ope atio .

Dist ict
Magist ate
Gau av
Kuma
also
eached
the
spot
fo
i sepctio
today.

#WATCH
|
Chamoli,
Utta akha d:
Dist ict
Magist ate
Gau av
Kuma
eached
the
spot
afte
wate
a d
deb is
e te ed
the
u de -co st uctio
THDC
tu el
at
Mayapu
(Pipalkoti).

(Sou ce:
I fo matio
Depa tme t,
Chamoli)

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—
ANI
(@ANI)

August
13,
2026

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Utta akha d
Chief
Mi iste
Dhami
exp essed
co ce
ove
the
i cide t
i
a
post
o
X
a d
di ected
all
age cies
to
ca y
out
elief
a d
escue
ope atio s
o
a
wa
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Vi od
Kuma
Suma ,
Sec eta y
of
the& bsp;
Disaste
Ma ageme t
a d
Rehabilitatio
Depa tme t,
said
the
situatio
was
bei g
co ti uously
mo ito ed
th ough
eme ge cy
ope atio
ce t es.
He
added
that
additio al
teams
would
be
deployed
if
equi ed.

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