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Outburst of south Lhonak lake triggered flash flood in Teesta river basin

Tuesdays massive earthquake in Nepal, the tremors of which were also felt in Delhi-NCR, may have triggered floods in Sikkim, damaging hydropower project. Further cloud outburst triggered flash flood in Sikkim on Wednesday.

An official stated that while its difficult to determine the cause right now, however, said ‘a cloudburst doesn’t cause such results.  | Latest News India

The NRSC satellite imagery revealed that the lake covered approximately 162.7 hectares. Its area increased to 167.4 hectares on September 28 but drastically reduced to 60.3 hectares.

The lake outburst also resulted in the breach of the Chungthang dam, which is the largest hydropower project in the state

Scientists are exploring whether the strong earthquake that rocked Nepal and the neighbouring region is the reason behind the outburst of the south Lhonak lake triggering flash flood in Sikkim.

However, a number of Chinese projects in Nepal exist only on paper, in stark contrast to projects funded by India in the Himalayan country, where Indias grant assistance to Nepal totals around $63 billion, ET has learnt.

Public sector hydropower major SJVN inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sikkim Urja Ltd to trade 180 MW units from 1,200 MW Teesta-III Hydro Electric Project to distribution licensees and...

Public sector hydropower major SJVN on Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sikkim Urja Ltd to trade 180 MW units from 1,200 MW Teesta-III Hydro Electric Project to distribution licensees and open access consumers, said SJVN ...