India Lavin Removes Building Workers in the State of Uttarakhand, leaving dozens of missing
Dehradun, India – More than 40 construction workers disappeared after an avalanche in the Indian Himalayan state by Uttarakhand on Friday after strong snowfall, the officials said.
The rescue teams have been digging for hours of snow, Ridhim Agwal from the state forces to help in disasters, he said in a statement, adding: “So far, 15 workers are safe, while 42 are missing.”
The avalanche hit a construction camp in Chamoli County, burying workers under snow and debris.
As soon as the weather conditions are improved, high -height rescue teams will deploy a helicopter to the scene, Agarwal added.
Deepam Seth, the main police officer of the state, said the bad weather was disturbed by the rescue operations.
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“Snow is snow with strong winds … The roads are completely blocked. We have been skipped with snow cutters to open the road,” NDTV told the television show.
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami said he was a “sad” incident and monitored the rescue operations.
Avalanche and landslides are common in the upper achievements of the Himalayas, especially during the winter season.
Scientists, however, warned that climate change encouraged human burning fossil fuels makes extreme time events more difficult And less predictable, because winter snow and ice melt faster, and storm systems are super -packed through earthly warmer oceans.
After a year of record show, the United Nations warned in 2024 that it was only a decade to dramatically change policies around the world to prevent the worst effects of climate change. In a report Posted in October, the UN said that “climate crushing time” because they hit the greenhouse gases – which capture warmth in the atmosphere and burning more extreme weather events – he hit “unprecedented levels. “
Increased pace of development in fragile Himalayan regions has also enhanced the fear of falling from forest and construction.
2021 in Uttarakhand -nearly 100 people were killed after a huge Glakier Kunk either in the riveractivating flash and devastating monsoon Floods and landslides in 2013 He killed 6,000 people and led to an invitation to an overview of the development projects in the country.
