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Tragedy at Tapovan Vishnugad hydel project: Understanding hydrology, geology of Himalayas is need of the hour Despite the high-risk and its capital-intensive nature, India's attraction for hydroelectric power has never ceased to exist Simantik Dowerah February 10, 2021 06:39:31 IST The damaged structure of the Tapovan Vishnugad dam. Image courtesy MoneyControl
When a picture of the wiped out Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project clicked by the Indian Air Force appeared on social media, the raw power of nature and the vulnerability of large hydroelectric projects could not have been starker.
Over 150 people have been missing and 28 bodies have been recovered so far after a flash flood ravaged the project to the ground on the morning of 7 February this year. Most of the dead and the missing were workers working in the project site who were caught unaware by the flash flood and swept away. The ferocity of the flood water can be gauged from the water level which was recorded at 1,388 metres at Joshimath at 11 am on the fateful day while in the 2013 flash flood, the highest flood level in the same area was at 1,385.54 metres.
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GUWAHATI, Jan 15: Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is going to start the construction of the Rs 3165.99-crore JICA-funded four-lane bridge over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri and Phulbari. The NHIDCL-Northeast (National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation) has issued the work order to this regard recently through tendering.
While JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) is a Japanese government agency, NHIDCL is a fully-owned company of MRT&H (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways).
The foundation stone of the project will be laid either in January-end or in early February, 2021. The original sanctioned cost of the bridge was Rs 4997.04 crore which has been awarded to L&T at Rs 3165.99 crore, after tendering. The target completion of the bridge is September, 2028.
Makar Sankranti: Centre sanctions Rs 37.8 cr for facelift of Parshuram Kund
India
Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021, 13:21 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 09: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 37.87 crore for the facelift of Parshuram Kund pilgrimage site in Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit district, an official communiqué said on Friday.
Parshuram Kund is one of the most sacred places in the country which is visited by a large number of pilgrims throughout the year and thousands of people take a holy dip in the Lohit river during Makar Sankranti, the governor said.
"To make the place convenient for visitors by maintaining its sanctity, an inclusive development of the Kund was proposed by the state government and Rs 37.87 crore has been sanctioned by the Centre for it," he said.
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