Uttarakhand glacier burst: Pant to donate match fee for rescue efforts

Chennai, Feb 8: India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said that he will donate his match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand.

 

 

Pant (91), who scored an impressive inning in the first Test against England in Chennai, expressed grief over the loss of lives in the calamity. "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," Pant tweeted.

 

Pant missed out on a hundred on day three of the ongoing Test and played a quick knock of 91 runs. He also stitched a 119-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara (73) for the fifth wicket.

 

Rescue and relief operations are in full progress in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand where a glacier burst, led to a massive flood,s and caused large-scale devastation. The glacier burst triggered massive flooding of the Dhauliganga river near the Rishiganga Power Project at Raini village in the Tapovan area of the district on Sunday.

 

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the tragic avalanche.

 

Besides, Washington Sundar played an unbeaten knock of 85 runs as England bowled out India for 337 in the first session on the fourth day of the ongoing first Test here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday.