Two more bodies were recovered early Tuesday in the Tapovan Tunnel, where intensive rescue operations were carried out for the 10th consecutive day in search of those missing in the Uttarakhand flash floods.
With the recovery of two more bodies, the accumulated death toll in the Chamoli glacial disaster has risen to 58, while 146 are still missing, a police officer said.
While one body was recovered after midnight, another was recovered around 2 am from the tunnel, an official at a temporary morgue in Tapovan, where the bodies are kept, told PTI.
So far, eleven bodies have been recovered from the mud-clogged Adit intake tunnel from the hydel Tapovan-Vishnugad project, devastated by flash floods.
The multi-agency rescue effort in the Chamoli district focuses on the Tapovan tunnel, where some 30 workers were feared trapped.
Agencies involved in the Tapovan rescue work include the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force.
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