Sikkim flash floods: CM blames Teesta dam's substandard cons

Shocking images showed the swift destruction of Teesta III, Sikkim's largest dam. A flood monitoring system failure possibly contributed to this catastrophe. Today, the Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang has said the Chungthang dam was washed away due to substandard construction.

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