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Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang =blamed "inferior construction" by the previous state government for the destruction of the Chungthang Dam - a 1200 MW hydroelectric project washed away in flash floods triggered by a glacial lake outburst.
NDTV has learnt that a Parliamentary Committee had red-flagged the "severe shortage of meteorological and monitoring stations in Himalayan regions", including Sikkim, where a flash flood killed 40 people and wrecked a massive dam.
West Bengal recovers 22 bodies that had washed away in the flood waters
The death toll in Sikkim flash floods followed by Lhonak Lake burst and complete destruction of Chungthang hydropower dam has jumped to 40.