Guwahati News Desk: Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that as many as 197 people are missing while 20 people have died due to floods in Uttarakhand.
Shah further said that in a separate tunnel in the NTPC project, around 25 to 35 people are stuck inside, adding “rescue operation to evacuate these persons is going on a war footing and all-out efforts are simultaneously being made for searching missing persons”.
The financial year 2020-21, has allotted a sum of Rs 1041 crore to the State of Uttarakhand under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) and the first installment of the central share amounting to Rs 468.50 crore has been released to the State Government.
Shah also added that “It is observed from the satellite data (Planet Lab) of 7th February 2021 in the catchment of Rishi Ganga river at the terminus of the glacier at an altitude of 5600m a landslide triggered a snow avalanche covering approximately 14 sq. km area and causing a flash flood in the downstream of Rishi Ganga river.”