Sunday's violent surge swept away a small hydro electric project called Rishiganga and damaged a bigger one further downstream. Rescue workers were focused on a 2.5 km (1.5 miles) long tunnel where workers were believed trapped. Videos on social media showed water surging through a small dam site, washing away construction equipment and bringing down small bridges. "Everything was swept away, people, cattle and trees," Sangram Singh Rawat, a former village council member of Raini, the site closest to the glacier, told local media. Some 400 soldiers have been deployed to the site in the remote mountains, state authorities said.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2021 03:00 UTC