Rescue Operations In Full Swing By ITBP For Missing Persons

As per reports coming in from ITBP rescued 12 people from a tunnel yesterday, these 30 are trapped in a different tunnel. Rescue operation is underway in different areas. 

More teams will be sent there if it is required, we are focussing on rescuing people from the tunnel first as reported by Vivek Pandey, ITBP Spokesperson

We have intensified search operation at the 2nd tunnel. We have information that around 30 people are trapped there. 

Around 300 ITBP jawans are deployed to clear the tunnel. Local administration says that around 170 people are missing as per sources of ITBP Spokesperson.

SDRF members wait for the level of the Mandakini river to lower, to commence rescue operations for the people who're stranded in the tunnel near the Tapovan Dam in Chamoli.