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The accident in Dharali village of Uttarkashi has been more than 64 hours. The search for the people buried in the debris has not started yet, because the resources could not reach the third day. There are only 3 JCB machines, which are trying to remove 20 to 50 feet debris spread over 80 acres. NDRF IG Arun Joshi said- more than 60 people may be buried in it.
Actually, there is only one road up to Gangotri, 100 km from Uttarkashi, which passes through Dharali. The 3 km road from Harshil to Dharali has ended at 4 places from 100 to 150 meters. The 30 -meter bridge has been broken near the Naga temple from Bhatwadi to Harshil and a 30 -meter bridge near the Naga temple. In such a situation, it can take 3-4 days to open the road till Dharali.
Higher thermal sensing equipment and large machines are required to remove debris and search for people under it, but all these stuff has been stuck in Bhatwadi for two days. The cloudburst at Dharali at 1.45 pm on August 5. This caused flood in Kheer Ganga river. The debris, which came with high speed water, had landed the village of Dharali in 34 seconds.
Photo of the accident in Dharali …
Understand the scene from the map …
Army-NDRF evacuated 307 tourists in 2 days
People trapped between Harshil and Gangotri have been brought to Jollygrant by Chinook helicopter.
There were about 500 tourists from Harshil to Gangotri on the day of the accident in Dharli. In the last two days, the army and NDRF took 307 tourists trapped by helicopters. Of these, 131 Gujarat, 123 Maharashtra, 21 MP, 12 UP, 6 Rajasthan, 28 Kerala, 5 are from Karnataka, 3 from Telangana.
Lack of machines for military bidding On Thursday, a generator was transported from Dehradun to Harshil via Chinook helicopter. Captain Gurpreet Singh, Captain of 2 Engineer Regiment, who is waiting for the machines in Dharali, said that on August 5, the soldiers reached here in 15 to 20 minutes after a cloudburst. All are technical experts, but not machines. We are running work only through existing resources. 250 to 300 military personnel and other soldiers are engaged in rescue. Our goal is to save every trapped person in a week.
Work is going on on the road leading to Dharali. Relief and rescue work will be accelerated when the path is cured.
Registration for Badrinath stopped, Kedarnath Yatra also stopped The registration of Badrinath Dham Yatra was stopped by the Uttarakhand government on Thursday due to the Dharli disaster and monsoon being active amid the Dharali accident. At the same time, the Kedarnath Yatra could not start on the third day. About five thousand passengers are staying between Phata to Sonprayag. The Madhyamheshwar Yatra has also been stopped near Gaudar.
Dharali village houses are drowned in debris …
Officials said that more than 150 people may still be buried in the debris.
Drone video after the destruction in Dharali.
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