At around 10:45 am on Sunday, a glacier broke off in the Tapovan-Raini area of Uttarakhand's Chamoli, triggering a massive flood in the Dhauliganga, Rishiganga and Alaknanda rivers. The flooding damaged two nearby power projects, the Rishiganga hydel project and NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project. A Border Roads Organisation bridge near Malari was also washed away by floods.