Bhubaneswar: A 25-year-old youth from Odisha is among those still missing in the tragic glacier burst near Raini village in Tapovan area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday.
A native of Dhamra area in Bhadrak district, Nagarjuna Das was working as an electrician at Tapovan Reni barrage under Rishi Ganga Power Project in Uttarakhand since November 5, 2020.
It is being suspected that he got swept away in the floodwaters.
Nagarjuna had last spoken to family members over the phone, a day before the tragedy on February 6, and became incommunicado thereafter.
He is married and a father of a three-month-old baby boy.
A total of 26 bodies were recovered till Monday evening in a massive operation launched by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to rescue labourers trapped in tunnels following a flash flood that devasted Tapovan area.
Also Read: Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: 26 Bodies Recovered, Hundreds Still Trapped
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar told the media that 32 people from the first tunnel and 121 from the second one are still missing.
Also Read: Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Experts Blame Increased Human Intervention In Himalayan Region
Bhubaneswar: Even as the summer has just started, water crisis gripped a slum in Bhubaneswar…
New Delhi: There was some relief for former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s family,…
Cuttack: An assistant executive engineer in Odisha's Bhadrak district has been dismissed from service after…
Guwahati: Padma Shri awardee, human rights activist and anti-witch hunt crusader Birubala Rabha passed away…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal on Monday ordered the suspension of…
Keonjhar: At least 18 persons were injured as a private bus overturned reportedly due to…
Mumbai: A massive dust storm hit Mumbai on Monday, turning the sky black and grey,…
Bhubaneswar: The BJP has started sharpening its arsenals against Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen…