This handout photo taken on February 7, 2021 and released by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police shows members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police during a rescue operation after a broken glacier caused a major river surge that swept away bridges and roads, at Reni village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. – Three people were confirmed dead and at least 150 were missing in northern India after a broken glacier caused a major river surge that swept away bridges and roads on February 7, police said.
“There was a cloud of dust as the water went by. The ground shook like an earthquake,” local inhabitant Om Agarwal told Indian TV. Hundreds of troops and paramilitaries along with military helicopters and other aircraft have been sent to the region.Authorities emptied two dams to stop the flood waters reaching the Ganges at the towns of Rishikesh and Haridwar, where authorities barred people from going near the banks of the sacred river, officials said.
14 glaciers overlook the river in Nanda Devi national park — the topic of scientific studies because of growing fears over climate change and deforestation.
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