NEW DELHI: Calling the glacial outbreak in Uttarakhand a “very rare incident,” scientists said Sunday that satellite images and Google Earth did not show a glacial lake near the region, but that there was a possibility of ‘pockets of water ‘(lakes within glaciers) that could have erupted, leading to this …
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NEW DELHI: NTPC’s 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad water project on the Dhauliganga River in Uttarakhand may have disappeared in Sunday’s flash flood on the Rishiganaga River caused by a glacier break in Chamoli State District. Preliminary reports said the flash flood washed away the dam and office, accounting for about 60% …
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