Uttarakhand disaster victims had water, slush in lungs: CMO

Updated : Feb 17, 2021 07:21
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Editorji News Desk

All those killed in the glacial disaster in Uttarakhand suffered bodily injuries, and sludge and water entered their lungs, Chamoli Chief Medical Officer G S Rana said on Tuesday. 

On February 7, a flash flood triggered by a glacier burst in Chamoli killed a large number of people, besides demolishing a 13.2-mw hydel project in the Rishiganga, and caused extensive damage to the 520-mw Dhauliganga hydel project of the National Thermal Power Corporation.

"Post-mortem has been conducted on all the 58 bodies recovered so far by February 16 and I have seen the reports. All of them died of injuries sustained on their bodies and due to sludge and water entering their lungs," Rana said in a video statement.

Two more bodies were recovered early Tuesday from the Tapovan tunnel taking the death toll to 58. 148 are still reported missing.

Uttarakhand glacier burst

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