{"id":111732,"date":"2021-02-07T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=111732"},"modified":"2021-02-07T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:02:23","slug":"himalayan-glacier-breaks-in-india-up-to-150-feared-dead-in-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/himalayan-glacier-breaks-in-india-up-to-150-feared-dead-in-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan glacier breaks in India, up to 150 feared dead in floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) &#8211; As many as 150 people were feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream.<\/p><figcaption>A view of damaged dam after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into the dam at Raini Chak Lata village in Chamoli district in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS\/Stringer<\/figcaption><p>\u201cThe actual number has not been confirmed yet,\u201d but 100 to 150 people were feared dead, Om Prakash, chief secretary of Uttarakhand, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>A witness reported a wall of dust, rock and water as an avalanche roared down the Dhauli Ganga river valley located more than 500 km (310 miles) north of New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt came very fast, there was no time to alert anyone,\u201d Sanjay Singh Rana, who lives on the upper reaches of the river in Raini village in Uttarakhand, told Reuters by phone. \u201cI felt that even we would be swept away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand\u2019s Police Chief Ashok Kumar told reporters more than 50 people working at the dam, the Rishiganga Hydroelectric Project, were feared dead though some others had been rescued. Kumar also said authorities had evacuated other dams to contain the water rushing in from the flooded Alakananda river.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was closely monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia stands with Uttarakhand and the nation prays for everyone\u2019s safety there,\u201d he said on Twitter, after speaking with the state\u2019s Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s air force was being readied to help with rescue operations, the government said, while Home Minister Amit Shah said disaster-response teams were being airlifted in to help with relief and rescue. Army soldiers have already been deployed and its helicopters were doing an aerial reconnaissance of the area.<\/p>\n<p>The neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, India\u2019s most populous, put its riverside areas on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shared by locals showed the water washing away parts of the Rishiganga dam as well as whatever else was in its path.<\/p>\n<p>Videos on social media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed water surging through a small dam site, washing away construction equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently no additional water flows are being reported and there is no flood situation anywhere,\u201d Chief Minister Rawat said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo loss has been reported from villages along Alaknanda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018HIMALAYAN TSUNAMI\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand in the Himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides. In June 2013, record rainfall caused devastating floods that claimed close to 6,000 lives.<\/p>\n<p>That disaster was dubbed the \u201cHimalayan tsunami\u201d because of the torrents of water unleashed in the mountainous area, which sent mud and rocks crashing down, burying homes, sweeping away buildings, roads and bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Uma Bharti, India\u2019s former water resources minister and a senior leader of Modi\u2019s party, criticised the construction of a power project in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a minister I had requested that Himalaya is a very sensitive place, so power projects should not be built on Ganga and its main tributaries,\u201d she said on Twitter, referring to the main river that flows from the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental experts called for a halt to big hydroelectric projects in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis disaster again calls for a serious scrutiny of the hydropower dams building spree in this eco-sensitive region,\u201d said Ranjan Panda, a volunteer for the Combat Climate Change Network that works on water, environment and climate change issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government should no longer ignore warnings from experts and stop building hydropower projects and extensive highway networks in this fragile ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-india-disaster\/himalayan-glacier-breaks-in-india-up-to-150-feared-dead-in-floods-idUSKBN2A706O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) &#8211; 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