Rescuers on Saturday began boring a wider and deeper hole into the tunnel at the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in an attempt to reach the over 30 people trapped inside for nearly a week. “The Silt Flushing Tunnel was punctured on Friday night itself by drilling a 75mm-diameter hole into it but now it is being widened to 300 mm …
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 …
