Eleven people were killed after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday. It triggered a deluge in the Alaknanda river system and damaged two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project.
Personnel from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were called for the search and rescue operation.
On Sunday, 12 people were rescued from a tunnel in the Tapovan project. Operations were underway on Monday to rescue the 35 people stranded at another tunnel.
Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said 203 people were missing, including 11 bodies that were recovered on Sunday.

ITBP officials dug their way to the tunnel to rescue 12 persons trapped in one of the two tunnels.
ITBP personnel engaged in the search and rescue operation for people trapped after the flash floods.
Rescue operations underway near Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
Rescue operations underway at Tapovan Tunnel.
Rescue operations underway at Tapovan Tunnel.
Debris from a tunnel was removed using a JCB to carry out search and rescue operations.
DGP Uttarakhand, Ashok Kumar, took stock of the search and rescue operation on Monday
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat shared pictures of relief material that was sent to the disaster-affected regions.