Saving lives is the biggest challenge right now: Pokhriyal on Uttarakhand floods
Chamoli, Feb 09: As five more bodies have been recovered on Tuesday, the death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 31 Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said saving lives is the biggest challenge right now.
Pokhriyal said teams of Army, NDRF, ITBP and SDRF are working day-night amid challenging situations to rescue people who are trapped and missing.
206 people are still missing and searches are underway for them, inform the minister.
A
joint
team
of
ITBP,
NDRF,
SDRF
and
other
agencies
conducting
rescue
operation
used
drone
camera
to
see
feasibility
to
enter
beyond
cleared
site
inside
Tapovan
tunnel.
ITBP,
however,
said
they
have
not
been
successful
so
far.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also issued a statement in Rajya Sabha on the avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district and said all concerned agencies of Centre and State are monitoring the situation.
"PM himself is monitoring it. Both the control rooms of the Home Ministry are monitoring the situation round the clock and the state is being provided with all the possible help," he said.