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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,REPORTER: We start with the latest on our\Nbreaking news, India fearing dozens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people are dead after part of a \NHimalayan glacier collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has sent a torrent of water rushing\Ndown a river where a hydroelectric
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power station and several villages are\Npositioned.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several communities have been put\Non high alert for flooding, and people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being evacuated further downstream.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a look at it on the map, we're\Ntalking very Northern parts of India here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up through close to the\NHimalayas, obviously.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Rishiganga, which is one of the\Nrivers which have been affected.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the map swings around you'll get\Nan idea, first of all, of the proximity of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Himalayas there from where the\Nglacier has broken off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then as you come down the Rishiganga\NRiver, we find, uh, one smaller dam there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then further down a large\Nhydroelectric project further downstream
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one of the other rivers, I've just lost\Nit at the moment-- no, there it is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, coming down here as well, the\NTapovan Mandir.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a lot of villagers and, as we said, \Ntwo big hydroelectric projects are in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of all of that water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elizabeth Puranam is our correspondent\Nin New Delhi, she's on the line just now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What more are you hearing this hour, Liz?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ELIZABETH: Hello Kamal, so, what we are\Nhearing is that this glacial burst in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of Uttarakhand's Chamoli\Ndistrict has triggered the avalanche
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of massive flooding along the \NAlaknanda and Dhauliganga Rivers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, it's forced the emergency evacuation\Nof thousands of people from surrounding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,areas, damaged homes, and, um, the\Nnearby Rishiganga powerplant.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A local official has told Indian media\Nthat 100 to 150 people may have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed in the flash floods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, border patrol officials have\Nalso told Indian media that they fear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be casualties because some\Nwaterbodies flooded and destroyed many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homes on the riverbank, and we can see\Npictures of a massive flood, a torrent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water and debris moving through the\NDhauliganga River.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unintelligible] disaster response force\Nhas said that more than 150 laborers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working at the Rishiganga power project,\Nwhich was hit by floods, are missing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Representatives of the power project told\Ndisaster response that they're not able to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contact those workmen at the project\Nsite, and the authorities are also worried
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the safety.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a number of ongoing road and\Nrail projects in the area and authorities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are worried about the safety of, um, \Nthe laborers who are working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on those projects.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,REPORTER: Any word, I know it's early days\NLiz, but any word on rescue efforts?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a remote part of India, getting\Nthere must be pretty difficult.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ELIZABETH: Yes, and they're very much\Nunder way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state leader Pushkar Dhami tweeted\Nthat the district administration police
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,department disaster management has been\Nordered to deal with the disaster.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, we know that hundreds of Indo-Tibetan\Nborder police personnel have been rushed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to carry out rescue operations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another government minister has said \Nthat as well as the, um, hundreds of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian-Tibetan border police, national\Ndisaster response force teams are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being rushed from this [unintelligible].
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More are being deployed by Indian air\Nforce, helicopter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And an alert has also been sounded for\Nall downstream, uh, districts from Chamoli
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the city- major cities of\NRishikesh and Haridwar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people there have been warned \Nagainst visiting riverbanks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, the worlds largest gathering, a\NHindu festival called Kumbh Mela
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has actually been taking place in Hardiwar\Nover the past few weeks, this is where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people bathe in the Ganges River \Nduring the festival, and so authorities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be dealing with more people than\Nnormal in and around Hardiwar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,REPORTER: Elizabeth Puranam with the\Nlatest on this news coming out of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Northern India where a glacier has\Nbroken off the Himalayas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water rushing down through those valleys\Nin the region.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Liz.