The exercise by scientists from India, Switzerland and the US has also indicated that 1,770 Himalayan glacial lakes are exposed to possible landslides or avalanches that could trigger glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)
Sikkim’s Opposition SDF has demanded a “forensic probe” into the dam break by Central agencies after Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Saturday blamed the “substandard construction” of the Teesta-III dam.