Projects above an elevation of 2,200 metres recipe for disaster, say experts
3 years, 10 months ago

Projects above an elevation of 2,200 metres recipe for disaster, say experts

The Hindu  

The hydropower projects in Uttarakhand are particularly vulnerable to damage by extreme flooding events such as the deluge in the Rishiganga river on Sunday that damaged at least two plants. There are eight projects above 25 MW and the damaged Tapovan-Vishnugadh project being developed by the National Thermal Power Corporation falls into this category, according to a reply to a question last September. In the aftermath of the cloudburst in June 2013 that killed at least 5,000 and destroyed several large projects, experts have pointed out that those above an elevation of 2,200 metres were a recipe for disaster. Eight major projects The eight major projects in Uttarakhand are the 171-Mw Lata Tapovan Central; 520-Mw Tapovan Vishnugad, 1000-Mw Tehri PSS Central, 444-Mw Vishnugad Pipalkoti ; 60-Mw Naitwar Mori ; 120-Mw Vyasi, 76-Mw Phata Byung a private company commissioned project and the 99-Mw Singoli Bhatwari.

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Experts warn of new threats from landslide dams, glacial lakes in Uttarakhand
1 month, 1 week ago

Experts warn of new threats from landslide dams, glacial lakes in Uttarakhand

New Indian Express  

DEHRADUN: Scientists and experts have warned of emerging threats posed by landslide dams and glacial lakes, urging increased vigilance and management efforts in mitigation measures for disaster management. Natural disasters cannot be prevented, but effective management and mitigation efforts can significantly reduce loss of life and property. It is essential to act with this sensitivity in mind, and accordingly, future …

Uttarakhand: Cloudburst leads to 10 deaths, pathway to Kedarnath blocked, 100 more routes clogged
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttarakhand: Cloudburst leads to 10 deaths, pathway to Kedarnath blocked, 100 more routes clogged

Op India  

At least ten persons lost their lives after severe rains in Uttarakhand destroyed a concrete bridge and footbridge on the Kedarnath path. On Thursday morning, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met with authorities at the State Emergency Operation Centre to assess the status of rescue and relief activities in districts affected by the downpour. During the assessment meeting, CM Dhami …

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Floods and landslides triggered by …

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s northeast kill at least 16 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s northeast kill at least 16 people

Associated Press  

GUWAHATI, India — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India’s northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday. The Indian army and air force have been assisting with rescue efforts in Assam, one of the worst-hit states, where a …

No more Himalayan blunders, please
8 months ago

No more Himalayan blunders, please

Hindustan Times  

The government’s insistence on ill-suited projects in the Himalayas is inexplicable, given the raft of reports — some by its own experts — that have warned of disastrous outcomes of such pursuits. After the 2013 flash floods in Uttarakhand almost completely washed away the Phata Byung project in the upper reaches of the mountains, the Centre wants to revive it …

CEA issues guidelines for hydro projects after disaster in Sikkim
1 year, 2 months ago

CEA issues guidelines for hydro projects after disaster in Sikkim

Live Mint  

India’s apex power planning body, the Central Electricity Authority, has come up with guidelines for slope stability—inclines that can withstand movement—in hydropower projects after heavy rains and glacial lake floods damaged a dam in Sikkim. “The examination of upper reaches may include study of hazards due to avalanche, GLOF, landslide hazard analysis of slopes above the reservoir rim area, among …

Explained | Himachal floods: a man-made disaster?
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained | Himachal floods: a man-made disaster?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Flash floods during this year’s monsoon season have caused unprecedented damage to both lives and assets in Himachal Pradesh. Although climate change is expected to have played a hand in causing the high precipitation leading to these flash floods, human induced disasters resulting from planned development have played a significant role in causing such colossal losses. …

Sinking Himalayan town puts spotlight on India’s hydropower push
1 year, 11 months ago

Sinking Himalayan town puts spotlight on India’s hydropower push

Al Jazeera  

Farmer Shiv Lal barely slept this week, overcome by worry about the deep cracks scarring his land and hundreds of other homes and buildings in a sinking town in India’s Himalayas. While NTPC officials and some geologists have ruled out tunnelling work as the cause of this month’s devastation in Joshimath, residents’ angry protests have reignited debate about the construction …

At least 40 people are dead after floods and landslides leave hit northern India
2 years, 4 months ago

At least 40 people are dead after floods and landslides leave hit northern India

NPR  

At least 40 people are dead after floods and landslides leave hit northern India Enlarge this image toggle caption Ashwini Bhatia/AP Ashwini Bhatia/AP NEW DELHI — At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday. An official government release Sunday …

Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas: Experts
2 years, 5 months ago

Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives, experts say. It is acting as a force multiplier and making landslides, flash floods and cloudbursts more disastrous,” said Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, …

Climate change and human intervention adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas, say experts
2 years, 5 months ago

Climate change and human intervention adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas, say experts

Firstpost  

Several key roads are currently blocked due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the northeast New Delhi: Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives, experts say. Several key roads …

Explained | Why are hydropower projects in the Himalayas risky?
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Why are hydropower projects in the Himalayas risky?

The Hindu  

The Environment Ministry, in an affidavit placed in the Supreme Court earlier this month, has disclosed that it has permitted seven hydroelectric power projects, which are reportedly in advanced stages of construction, to go ahead. The Das committee recommended all six projects with design modifications to some, and this gives lie to the Environment Ministry’s current stance. Following the break …

Ministries reach consensus on hydropower projects in Himalayas
3 years, 3 months ago

Ministries reach consensus on hydropower projects in Himalayas

The Hindu  

Six months after a devastating flood of rock, ice and debris gushed down the Rishiganga river in Uttarakhand and killed at least 200 and severely damaged two hydropower projects, three Central Ministries, which initially had dissenting views on the future of hydroelectric power projects have agreed to a consensus. According to an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court this month, …

Incessant rains lash Uttarakhand; 3 of family killed in cloudburst
3 years, 7 months ago

Incessant rains lash Uttarakhand; 3 of family killed in cloudburst

India Today  

Three of a family were killed following a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Chakrata on Thursday as incessant rains for over 24 hours caused by the remnants of Cyclone Tauktae triggered a slew of landslides in hill areas, blocking several national highways. Rubble of landslips containing rocks and boulders has blocked the Badrinath National Highway at Lambagad and Radag bend near Badrinath …

Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas
3 years, 9 months ago

Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas

Al Jazeera  

On February 7, a Himalayan glacier broke and caused a flash flood in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand. “It shows that nature will strike back if we disregard the ecological limits of fragile regions like the Himalayas through reckless dam building and other infrastructure development.” After the 2013 flash flood, the Supreme Court of India also mandated a national …

Himalayan tragedy in Uttarakhand
3 years, 10 months ago

Himalayan tragedy in Uttarakhand

The Hindu  

When will the authorities learn from past experiences? Completely disregarding environmentalists’ recommendations, the government pushed through its foolhardy programme of developing run-of-river hydroelectric power projects, damming and tunnelling rivers in the process, blasting mountains to make roads and cutting down trees, destabilising the already fragile high-altitude Himalayan mountainous zones, thus creating disasters like the one unfolding in Chamoli district of …

Uttarakhand Tragedy: Unscientific Cutting of Himalayan Soil Causing Disasters, Says Former GSI Official
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand Tragedy: Unscientific Cutting of Himalayan Soil Causing Disasters, Says Former GSI Official

News 18  

Unscientific cutting of Himalayan soil by infrastructure projects is disrupting the fragile ecology of the region and causing disasters, warned a former official of the Geological Survey of India on Tuesday. Former additional director general of GSI Tribhuwan Singh Pangti, who was associated with the now demolished Rishiganga hydroelectric project for initial two years as a geologist, said the hydroelectric …

Until about 10 years ago, I believed that it was possible to have hydropower projects in Uttarakhand: PSI Director
3 years, 10 months ago

Until about 10 years ago, I believed that it was possible to have hydropower projects in Uttarakhand: PSI Director

The Hindu  

Ravi Chopra, Director, People’s Science Institute, has been a critic of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand and has chaired and been part of several committees that have deliberated on infrastructure development in the State, while staying true to the principles of sustainable environment. However, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which was then led by Secretary, Mr. Shashi Shekhar, accepted our …

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand
3 years, 10 months ago

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand

News 18  

The Indian Space Research Organisation has released first images of the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district in which 32 people have so far been confirmed dead and over 170 remain missing. The satellite images, released by the ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre, shed light on the damage to infrastructure at the Tapovan hydroelectric plant. Another photo shows damage to …

‘Himalayas are fragile and host to several complex processes that need to be monitored’
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Himalayas are fragile and host to several complex processes that need to be monitored’

The Hindu  

On February 7, a flash flood hurtled down in Chamoli, Uttarakhand killing at least 31 and destroying two hydropower projects. Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG, says in an interview to The Hindu’s Jacob Koshy, that it was large rock falling on a hanging glacier that precipitated the avalanche and flood. The impact from the falling rock broke it and this mass …

Uttarakhand glacier burst: What we know so far about the rescue operations
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: What we know so far about the rescue operations

Hindustan Times  

Rescuers scoured ravines and waded through the slush in the flash floods-hit Chamoli in Uttarakhand on Tuesday two days after a glacier breach sent a torrent of water, rock and dust hurtling down a valley into the Rishiganga river, where workers were building a dam. Here is what we know about the rescue work so far: Rescue operations continue at …

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Playing with God's world: Growth' has a high price
3 years, 10 months ago

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Playing with God's world: Growth' has a high price

Deccan Chronicle  

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharati’s first reaction to the terrible news of the Chamoli glacier break/avalanche disaster on Sunday -- “I told you so” – fully aligns with the reservations of all those who put a higher value on conservation than on the development of natural resources for economic growth. On Sunday, a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke …

Dams and damages
3 years, 10 months ago

Dams and damages

The Hindu  

February 10, 2021 12:15 am | Updated 01:14 am IST In 2018, while travelling through the villages near the India-China border in Niti Valley in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, I stopped at Reni village, the birthplace of the iconic Chipko movement. Flouting all norms On February 7, two such hydropower projects located close to Reni suffered damages from flash floods that …

Uttarakhand disaster LIVE: Death toll 32; search, rescue operation underway
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand disaster LIVE: Death toll 32; search, rescue operation underway

Business Standard  

The flash floods in Uttarakhand two days ago was due to the collapse of a hanging glacier, initial observations by scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggests. "The event happened in a hanging glacier, adjacent to Raunthi glacier, which originates from Raunthi/Mrigudhani peak," Kalachand Sain, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, said. The death toll in …

Uttarakhand disaster: Flash floods due to hanging glacier collapse, say scientists in initial study
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand disaster: Flash floods due to hanging glacier collapse, say scientists in initial study

India Today  

The flash floods that hit parts of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district two days ago was due to the collapse of a hanging glacier, the scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggested in their initial observation. "The event happened in a hanging glacier, adjacent to Raunthi glacier, which originates from Raunthi/Mrigudhani peak," Kalachand Sain, director of the Wadia Institute of …

Uttarakhand floods: 32 dead, 197 still missing as boulders hamper rescue efforts in Tapovan tunnel
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand floods: 32 dead, 197 still missing as boulders hamper rescue efforts in Tapovan tunnel

India Today  

Rescue operations are still underway in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district where flash floods in the Alaknanda river system caused widespread destruction on Sunday. Rescue operations underway at Tapova tunnel in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Tuesday "We cannot estimate exact time to remove debris as there is a 90-degree turn in the tunnel. 'Hanging glacier' may have caused flash floods, say scientists …

Troubled mountains: On Uttarakhand glacier disaster
3 years, 10 months ago

Troubled mountains: On Uttarakhand glacier disaster

The Hindu  

The staggering collapse of part of a glacier in Uttarakhand’s Nanda Devi mountain and the ensuing floods that have claimed many lives come as a deadly reminder that this fragile, geologically dynamic region can never be taken for granted. Once the crucible of environmentalism, epitomised by Sunderlal Bahuguna, Gaura Devi and the Chipko movement, the State’s deep gorges and canyons …

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: What caused the deadly flash floods in India?
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: What caused the deadly flash floods in India?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists are divided over what unleashed the deadly flash …

In Pictures | The aftermath of Uttarakhand glacier disaster
3 years, 10 months ago

In Pictures | The aftermath of Uttarakhand glacier disaster

The Hindu  

At least 15 persons have been killed and 160 are feared missing after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday. Indian Air Force teams left for the avalanche-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early on Monday to ramp up relief efforts. Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi …

In Pictures | The aftermath of Uttarakhand glacier disaster
3 years, 10 months ago

In Pictures | The aftermath of Uttarakhand glacier disaster

The Hindu  

At least 15 persons have been killed and 160 are feared missing after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday. Indian Air Force teams left for the avalanche-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early on Monday to ramp up relief efforts. Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi …

Expert team to assess Uttarakhand glacial burst using satellite images: Official
3 years, 10 months ago

Expert team to assess Uttarakhand glacial burst using satellite images: Official

Hindustan Times  

The Geological Survey of India on Monday said that it was soon to predict the cause of the glacial burst in Uttarakhand that led to flash floods in the state’s Chamoli district. An official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI that post the devastation, another committee will be constituted to assess the incident, adding, prima facie, “it's glacial …

As minister, I was against power projects on Ganga, its main tributaries: Uma Bharti
3 years, 10 months ago

As minister, I was against power projects on Ganga, its main tributaries: Uma Bharti

India TV News  

BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said the Uttarakhand flood tragedy triggered by a glacier burst is a matter of concern as well as a warning, and added that as a minister she had spoken against having any power project on the Ganga and its major tributaries. "When I was a minister, my ministry in its affidavit about the dams in …

Not just climate change, Chamoli disaster was human-induced
3 years, 10 months ago

Not just climate change, Chamoli disaster was human-induced

Hindustan Times  

The glacial burst in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, killing at least seven persons with another 170 feared dead, is nature’s way of telling humans that it can strike back when the ecological balance is destroyed. Officials carry out search and rescue operation at Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district causing a massive …

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Damage to NTPC project may delay its commissioning, says R.K. Singh
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Damage to NTPC project may delay its commissioning, says R.K. Singh

The Hindu  

At least 15 persons have been killed and over 150 are missing after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system. Here are the latest updates: 7.20 pm Damage to NTPC project may delay its commissioning, says Minister The Uttarakhand glacier burst …

Uttarakhand glacier burst: NTPC says Tapovan hydel project partly damaged
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: NTPC says Tapovan hydel project partly damaged

India TV News  

Part of an under-construction hydropower project of state-run power major NTPC has been damaged by the avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday. Part of the under-construction Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project has faced damages while another privately-owned Rishi Ganga hydro project was completely devastated. "An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of our under-construction hydropower project in …

Mapping the Chamoli tragedy: How glacial breach in Uttarakhand triggered floods
3 years, 10 months ago

Mapping the Chamoli tragedy: How glacial breach in Uttarakhand triggered floods

Hindustan Times  

A glacial breach in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday triggered an avalanche and flash floods in the Alaknanda river system. Sequence of events *A glacial breach likely caused an avalanche and breached a lake uphill of Raini village in Chamoli district, located on the boundary of the Nanda Devi biosphere reserve, experts say. As many as 148 workers are missing …

Was Against Power Projects on Ganga, Its Main Tributaries, Says Uma Bharti Amid U'khand Tragedy
3 years, 10 months ago

Was Against Power Projects on Ganga, Its Main Tributaries, Says Uma Bharti Amid U'khand Tragedy

News 18  

BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said the Uttarakhand flood tragedy triggered by a glacier burst is a matter of concern as well as a warning, and added that as a minister she had spoken against having any power project on the Ganga and its major tributaries. In a series of tweets in Hindi, she said the glacier breaking off had …

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Day after tragedy, multi-agency rescue operations on
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Day after tragedy, multi-agency rescue operations on

Hindustan Times  

The rescue operations at Uttarakhand's Chamoli, where a massive glacier burst led to an avalanche in which at least 10 died and over hundreds went missing, went overnight though the rise in water level partially halted the rescue operations at NTPC's 900-metre long Tapovan tunnel on Sunday evening. Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Disaster Response Force personnel, Indian Army have been …

Glacier breach causes floods in Uttarakhand
3 years, 10 months ago

Glacier breach causes floods in Uttarakhand

Hindustan Times  

A glacier breach on Sunday morning at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district triggered a massive flood that hit two hydropower projects near the Naina Devi National Park, about 300 kilometres north of Dehradun, killing at least seven people and leaving around 170 missing and feared dead. It was as the biggest glacial lake outburst since June 2013,when flash floods caused …

Uttarakhand glacier bursts: Panic and memories of 2013 floods
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier bursts: Panic and memories of 2013 floods

Hindustan Times  

Rakesh Dhimri, a 42-year-old resident of Raini village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, was sipping on his tea on an idle Sunday morning around 10am when he heard a loud sound of angry waters gushing in. People inspect the site near the damaged Dhauliganga hydropower project at Reni village in Chamoli district after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off …

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Experts cite impact of climate crisis
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Experts cite impact of climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

Massive inundation in Uttarakhand’s Rishi Ganga valley caused by a suspected glacial lake outburst flood on a clear winter’s day has unnerved scientists. It’s possible that water and debris accumulated in a lake in the glacial region of Rishi Ganga valley breached due to an avalanche. “Due to the fact that a number of glacial lakes exist within the limits …

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Heavy damage to two hydel projects at the epicentre
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Heavy damage to two hydel projects at the epicentre

Hindustan Times  

Massive floods caused by a glacier breach in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli on Sunday washed away the under-construction Rishiganga hydro project and caused heavy damage to the 530MW Dhauliganga hydel project, officials aware of the developments said. The force of the water and boulders rolling down from the upper reaches near Raini village completely washed away the under-construction Rishiganga and the debris …

In photos: More than 120 feared dead in Chamoli glacier burst
3 years, 10 months ago

In photos: More than 120 feared dead in Chamoli glacier burst

Hindustan Times  

The destruction caused by the glacier burst at Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday led to the deaths of at least 10 people and more than 120 people who are still missing are feared dead. Chamoli: Army Medical Corps official examines a worker rescued from Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing a massive …

U'khand glacier burst: Scientists to be airlifted to affected areas, says IAF
3 years, 10 months ago

U'khand glacier burst: Scientists to be airlifted to affected areas, says IAF

Hindustan Times  

A team of scientists from Delhi have reached Dehradun and they will take aerial reconnaissance in areas affected by the glacier burst in Chamoli district of Uttarkhand, Indian Air Force Public Relation Officer Wing Commander Indranil Nandi on Sunday. Chamoli: Rescue operations underway after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in …

Uttarakhand flood: Raini villagers had raised alarm before HC around 2 years ago
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand flood: Raini villagers had raised alarm before HC around 2 years ago

Hindustan Times  

Nearly two years ago, residents of Raini villagers told Uttarkhand High Court that the construction of the Rishi Ganga hydel project could cause huge damage to them. In the summer of 2019, the villagers had filed a public interest litigation in the Uttarakhand High Court which directed the state government to check what was going on in Raini village of …

Uttarakhand glacier burst | Tapovan hydel project entirely washed away, says ITBP Officer
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand glacier burst | Tapovan hydel project entirely washed away, says ITBP Officer

The Hindu  

Venudhar Nayak, Commanding Officer of the Indo Tibetan Border Police who led the rescue operation at the tunnel of the NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project, where 12 workers were rescued after a seven-hour operation on Sunday, said the project was completely washed away, and the few houses that remain undamaged on the site were covered in slush upto 20 feet deep. …

Rishiganga Hydro Project Washed Away by Glacier Burst in Uttarakhand but No Danger of Downstream Flooding: NCMC
3 years, 10 months ago

Rishiganga Hydro Project Washed Away by Glacier Burst in Uttarakhand but No Danger of Downstream Flooding: NCMC

News 18  

A 13.2 MW small hydro project on the Rishiganga river was swept away in the glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday, but there is no danger of floods in the downstream areas as the water level has been contained. The glacier burst led to a rise in water levels in the river Rishiganga, which washed away the Rishiganga small hydro …

High alert in UP as glacier breaks off in neighbouring Uttarakhand
3 years, 10 months ago

High alert in UP as glacier breaks off in neighbouring Uttarakhand

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday asked authorities in all districts on the banks of river Ganga to be on high alert and continuously monitor the water level after a glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. In the disaster alert issued on Sunday to all district magistrates in UP, the Relief Commissioner said, "Report of breaking …

Uttarakhand Chamoli Glacier break: NTPC says avalanche damaged Tapovan hydro project
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand Chamoli Glacier break: NTPC says avalanche damaged Tapovan hydro project

India TV News  

An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of our under-construction hydropower project in the region, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited informed on Sunday after part of Nanda Devi glacier burst earlier in the day in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing wide-spread devastation. The glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district which caused a massive flood in …

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