Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh Express Grief Over Glacier Burst In Uttarakhand, Bhajji Also Hints At Climate Change
Indian cricketers, including the best batsman for India in the Chennai Test against England, Rishabh Pant tweeted expressing their condolences on the tragedy that took place in Uttarakhand. 14 reported dead and more than 170 missing so far in the tragedy. Look what the cricketers said
A massive avalanche in Raini near Chamoli, Joshimath, Uttarakhand, is reported to have caused massive destruction in the nearby villages and surrounding areas. Reports suggest that many people have drowned in the flood as they heavy flow of water has swept away the houses located in the area. It’s being reported that a Glacier burst took place in Uttarakhand. The administration has reached the spot. Relief and rescue work is going on.
Meanwhile, Indian cricketers have expressed grief and paid condolence to the people who lost their families in the disaster. Players including Rishabh Pant, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Shikhar Dhawan expressed their pain for the ailing locals of Uttarakhand.
Rishabh Pant wrote: “Deeply pained by the loss of life in Uttarakhand. Would like to donate my match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Deeply pained by the loss of life in Uttarakhand. Would like to donate my match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out.</p>— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) <a href="https://twitter.com/RishabhPant17/status/1358476781141991426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Harbhajan Singh tweeted: "Stay strong people of #Uttarakhand praying for everyone's well being." He also hinted at climate change and urged people to change their attitude towards nature.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stay strong people of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uttarakhand?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Uttarakhand</a> 🙏🙏 praying for everyone’s well being..</p>— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) <a href="https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/1358401802706690053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">anyone care ? NO ..that’s the problem..whenever something like this happen we talk about it for a day or two thn things go back to normal jaise nothing happened.. we need to change our CHALTA HAI YAR WALA ATTITUDE and work together to save our planet 🙏 <a href="https://t.co/taELxHJZnF" rel='nofollow'>https://t.co/taELxHJZnF</a></p>— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) <a href="https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/1358498672489631744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thoughts and Prayers go out for the safety of everyone affected by the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uttrakhand?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Uttrakhand</a> Tragedy. 🙏🏽</p>— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) <a href="https://twitter.com/SDhawan25/status/1358409768474353667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
India seems to be standing together with Uttarakhand in this tragedy and the cricketing fraternity is not behind as well.
The water level in the Dhauliganga River rose after a sudden avalanche near a power project at Reni village in the Tapovan area of Chamoli district. The District Magistrate of Chamoli has directed the officials to evacuate the people living in the villages situated on the banks of the Dhauliganga River. The District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police have left for the spot.
We will keep on updating you with the recent happenings in the case.
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