At least 15 people were reported dead and several injured after a power transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda river Tuesday night in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand.

India: At least 15 killed as power transformer explodes in Uttarakhand

As many as 197 people are missing while 20 have died in Sunday's avalanche and flash floods in Uttarakhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Tuesday.

197 people missing, 20 dead in Uttarakhand floods: Home Minister Amit Shah tells Parliament

Rescue operations continued on Tuesday to free people trapped inside a tunnel in Tapovan in Uttarakhand after a glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday triggering an avalanche.

Rescuers recover people trapped in Uttarakhand's Tapovan tunnel after glacier burst

The Indian Air Force(IAF) pressed Mi-17 and Chinook helicopters for rescue and relief operations as ITBP and NDRF forces continued to pull bodies from a tunnel near Tapovan, Chamoli in Uttarakhand after glacier broke off triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system on Sunday.

Rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand after glacier burst; several missing