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Sikkim: Landslide near NHPC’s Teesta V dam in March 2023
Hydro Disaster

Sikkim: Landslide near NHPC’s Teesta V dam in March 2023

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(Feature Image: Screen grab of Sikkim Spectators field visit video report interviewing landslide affected local people)

NHPC’s Teesta V HEP dam site has again witnessed a disastrous landslide. The incident occurred between 02:00 am and 03:00 am on Sunday, March 26, 2023 in Sokpay village area under Dikchu Zang block of Gangtok district. The same morning, Gyatso Lepcha of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), Sikkim alerted SANDRP about the landslide.

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Srisailam Hydro Project Disaster of Aug 2020
Dam Disaster · Hydro Disaster · Telangana

Srisailam Hydro Project Disaster of Aug 2020

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Nine employees of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco) are trapped inside the under-tunnel 900 (6 X 150) MW Srisailam Left Bank Power Station (SLBP) when fire broke out in the electric panel at around 10.30 pm on Thursday night (Aug 20 2020). As we write this, six bodies have been recovered, search is on for the remaining three persons.

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