In Raini Village, close to the site of the Rishi Ganga Hydropower Project, a dog waits for the return of her puppies that were washed away by the floods.
A dog looks at a debris near the damaged Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier burst in the Joshimath of Uttarakhand that caused a flash flood in the Chamoli District on Saturday night. As per locals, the dog has been crying day and night since the tragedy on February 7 and has not left the site, looking and waiting for her three puppies who are most likely buried in the mud.
More than 200 missing, the bodies of 38 people have been recovered and two were found alive, officials said.
Since the morning of the disaster, when a portion of a glacier possibly broke off triggering massive floods, the dog has been at the Rishi Ganga Power Plant near Raini Village says rescuers.
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Villagers have told rescuers that the dog has not eaten anything since that morning. They have tried to feed it several times but it has always turned away. It can be heard crying, whimpering and also howling, day and night since that morning.
Digamber, a Resident of Raini Village, is also searching for his brother, hoping against hope that he is still alive.
The Dog, they added has been unable to eat anything in the past few days, where the scene was unfolding, with the dog running helter-skelter in the hope of seeing her puppies again.
Along with them are scores of others, some from area and some from other parts of the country. And the dog. Human and Animals bonded in their grief.
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