Seven injured, Jharkhand govt in touch with their Uttarakhand counterparts to chart out further course of actionEleven workers from the state have died and seven others have been injured in the April 23 glacier burst in remote Sumna area in Uttrakhand’s Chamoli district. State disaster management department in Jharkhand was informed about the developments by authorities in Chamoli in a formal communiqué on Sunday. “Jharkhand has lost 11 brave migrant workers who were working in tough situation along the national borders in April 23 glacier disaster. Chamoli district magistrate Swati S Bhadoria in her letter to the state disaster management department, Jharkhand said that of the seven injured five are under treatment in Joshimath and two are in Dehradun hospital. In a similar incident on February 7 this year, 14 migrant workers from Jharkhand, who were employed in NTPC’s thermal power project in Chamoli lost their lives.

Source: The Telegraph April 26, 2021 04:18 UTC