Around 60 people were injured when a locomotive train carrying workers and officials collided with another train transporting materials inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Wednesday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday expressed his distress over the cloudburst in Chamoli's Nanda Nagar and said that he is constantly monitoring the rescue and relief operations.
At least four Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers were killed and as many are still missing after a devastating avalanche struck near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on February 28.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to assess the ongoing rescue efforts in Chamoli's Mana region, where an avalanche buried a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp, trapping 55 workers.
The Indian Army successfully rescued 14 civilians from the avalanche-affected area in Mana, Chamoli, on Saturday morning.
Three labourers have been rescued while a search for four people is underway after a house collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli…
Earlier, the road near Nandaprayag and Pursari on the Badrinath National Highway was blocked due to the pile-up of debris from the hills.
Following incessant rainfall in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) is blocked due to falling of boulders and debris from the hill, on highway near Pipalkotim, officials said on Thursday morning.
Following incessant rainfall in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) has been shut for the last 13 hours at Lambagad and Khachada drains, officials said on Sunday.
Apart from that, DM also reviewed facilities en route of the yatra like railings, parking, approach roads, bridges, rain shelters, benches and the rescue helipad.
