Tapovan hydel project entirely washed away, says ITBP Officer
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Venudhar Nayak, Commanding Officer of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who led the rescue operation on the tunnel of the NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project, the place 12 staff have been rescued after a seven-hour operation on Sunday, stated the project was fully washed away, and the few homes that stay undamaged on the positioning have been lined in slush upto 20 toes deep.
Over hundred individuals are lacking after the flash flood, attributable to the splintering of a glacier, washed away two hydel energy tasks — the Rishiganga small hydro project and National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan project on the banks of the Dhauliganga river in north Uttarakhand.
Mr. Nayak, whose workforce of 250 personnel have been the primary to succeed in the Tapovan project stated it took them seven hours to unblock the tunnel the place 12 individuals have been struck.
“At least eight persons were able to escape after the flood occurred and before the tunnel was blocked. We reached here at 11.30 a.m. and by 6.30 p.m., we were able to rescue all the 12 persons,” Mr. Nayak instructed The Puucho over the telephone from the accident website. He stated the workforce was now dashing to a different tunnel, 4 kilometres away the place 50 individuals are stated to be trapped.
Mr. Nayak’s unit is posted 15 km from Tapovan.
He stated because the ITBP was a mountain power, that they had all of the tools to hold out the rescue work.
Explaining the bottom circumstances, he stated the 2 tunnels, the place staff have been nonetheless caught, are a part of the dam construction and used to dispose waste water from the ability plant.
“When the gush of water came, around 20 people were working in one tunnel and 50-60 workers in the second tunnel. Eight workers managed to escape from the first tunnel and remaining 12 were rescued by the ITBP team. 12 people could escape from the second tunnel and around 50 are still trapped, here the Army is working and we are on way to help them,” he stated.
Mr. Nayak stated that of the 12 rescued, three have been crucial and had been rushed to the ITBP’s hospital close by.
He stated the night time may show to be difficult however they have been geared to work by the night time.
“We have dragon lights to help us navigate and we also have powerful lights connected to gensets. Phone and electricity connection is working fine. We are glad that we could save lives,” he stated.
He added that dredgers have been clearing the slush and particles. The service roads constructed by NTPC had additionally been washed sway, he added.
Mr. Nayak stated the Rishiganga energy project uphill that was the primary one to be hit resulting from “glacial burst” was fully washed sway.
