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What's Behind Chamoli Disaster ?

 WHAT'S BEHIND CHAMOLI DISASTER? 

ON 7'TH, FEBUARY CHAMOLI DISASTER OCCURED.A GLACIER IN THE NANDA DEVI LANDSCAPE BROKE THE FELL INTO THE DHAULIGANGA RIVER,ONE OF SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES OF THE GANGA RIVER,NEAR RAINI VILLAGE IN CHAMOLI DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND.


AROUND 18-20 BODIES HAD BEEN RECOVERED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING, BUT MORE CASUALITIES ARE EXPECTED. ABOUT 200 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. MOST OF THOSE KILLED OR MISSING ARE BELIEVED TO BE WORKERS AT HYDROPOWER PROJECTS.

WHAT CAUSES THE DISASTER 

SOME SCIENTISTS SAY THE DISASTER COULD BE BECAUSE OF A "VERY RARE" PHENOMENON WHERE WATER POCKETS WITHIN A GLACIER BURST. VILLAGERS SAY THE RISHIGANGA HYDROPOWER PLANT BUILT IN THE AREA WAS IN CONTRAVENTION OF ALL ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS AND HAD BEEN FLAGGED BY  VILLAGERS AS AN `IMPENDING DISASTER' 

RESCUE

RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY NEAR THE RISHI GANGA POWER PROJECT, A DAY AFTER A GLACIER BROKE OFF IN JOSHIMATH CAUSING A MASSIVE FLOOD IN DHAULI GANGA RIVER.

UPDATED NEWS  

UTTARAKHAD CHEIF MINISTER TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT VISITED THE AFFECTED AREA. THE DEATH TOOL FROM THE UTTARAKHAND DISASTER RASE TO 31 WITH THE RECOVERY OF FIVE BODIES ON TUESDAY 


THANK YOU 

WRITTEN BY- ANKIT S SRIVASTAVA



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