Dobhal, glaciologist at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehradun, says avalanche triggered by accumulated snow may have disturbed some loose debris holding a huge glacial lake.
The rescue teams worked to remove slush and debris in the 2.5 km long Tapovan tunnel in Chamoli, where around 30 people are still feared to be trapped inside.
Home Minister Amit Shah said around 25-35 people are stuck inside in a separate tunnel in the NTPC project, adding rescue operations are going on a war footing.
The flash flood in the Alaknanda river system, after a glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, triggered widespread panic and devastation in the high mountain areas.
NTPC is in focus as one of its hydropower projects — Tapovan Vishnugad, at Dhauliganga river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district — has been damaged in the floods.
The expert panel was set up by Union environment ministry to assess the impact of hydroelectric projects during the June 2013 Uttarakhand floods that killed hundreds.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that govt was not aware of a subsidiary company's project in Tapovan till yesterday & estimated that 35 people are stuck in another tunnel.
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This landslide does not seem to have anything to do with climate change . It was a slow geological process that led to rock slope failure on a steep slope hurtling onto the glacier below , the impact of the heat melting large amount of ice into water and eventually pushing this mix of water, rock and sediment into the narrow river gorge.
Accumulated water is a ticking bomb which gets released due to avalanche/landslide. Scientists must try to use technologies that discover huge volumes of water beneath glaciers.
It does not look like development of hydropower projects and roads are the cause of this. even without development of infrastructure such furies of nature cannot be avoided. We should focus more on monitoring for potential landslides/avalanches and large volume glacial lakes, early warning and prevention of such disasters.
This landslide does not seem to have anything to do with climate change . It was a slow geological process that led to rock slope failure on a steep slope hurtling onto the glacier below , the impact of the heat melting large amount of ice into water and eventually pushing this mix of water, rock and sediment into the narrow river gorge.
Accumulated water is a ticking bomb which gets released due to avalanche/landslide. Scientists must try to use technologies that discover huge volumes of water beneath glaciers.
It does not look like development of hydropower projects and roads are the cause of this. even without development of infrastructure such furies of nature cannot be avoided. We should focus more on monitoring for potential landslides/avalanches and large volume glacial lakes, early warning and prevention of such disasters.