Baripada: A youth from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha is reportedly untraceable after the devastating glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.
Parsuram Hansdah, who hails from Bangar village under Khunta block in Baripada area, was engaged as a labourer in Rishi Ganga Power Project in the Himalayan state. His family members said that he is incommunicable since the fateful day.
Unable to contact him, the anxious family members of the youth today met Mayurbhanj district collector and pleaded to take measures for his safe rescue.
Earlier, a youth, identified as Nagarjuna Das of Kuda village under Chandbali block in Bhadrak district was reported missing after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand. Nagarjuna, who was working as a crane operator, has also 'gone missing' following the disaster.
His family members had approached the district administration and informed about his disappearance.
So far, 32 bodies have been recovered from different places in the avalanche-hit areas of Chamoli, of which eight have been identified while 174 people are still missing, the State Emergency Control Centre in Dehradun said.
More than 600 Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel are engaged in the search-and-rescue operations.
(Edited By Pradeep Singh)