A glacier broke down in Uttrakhand’s Chamoli district on late Fridaynight, after which the government issued an alert in the area. Reportedly, the glacierbreakdown took place in the Sumna area of Niti Valley.
According to the Army officials, the glacier burst took placenear the post of 8 battalion ITBP between Malari and Sumna village near the BROoffice.
Soon after the news broke out, Uttrakhand Chief Minister Tirath SinghRawat said he has alerted the local administration and was in constant touchwith the administration and Border Roads Organization (BRO).
Rawat took to Twitter toannounce the alert in the same regard. He wrote, “Glacier breakdown has beenreported in Sumna, Neeti Valley. I have released an alert in this regard. I am inconstant touch with the district administration and BRO.”
Rawat further added that he has directed the districtadministration to get extract complete information about the happening. InNTPC and other projects have been put to a halt to avoid an untoward incident, headded.
BRO officials, who while on their way to the incident spot, couldnot develop contact with the area due to heavy snowfall.
Notably, two months ago, the state had witnessed another glacialburst in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District which led to massive flooding inDhauli Ganga and Alaknanda Rivers.
According to the sources of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), waterlevel in the Rishi Ganga river has risen by two feet.