चमोली जलप्रलय पर एक पहाड़ी पत्रकार ने खोली पोल सुनिए दंग रह जाएंगे आप ? Exclusive chamoli disaster

The sudden flood in the middle of the day in the Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers — all intricately linked tributaries of the Ganga — triggered widespread panic and large-scale devastation in the high mountain areas. Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project – were extensively damaged with scores of labourers trapped in tunnels as the waters came rushing in. The Uttarakhand glacier burst has caused an estimated loss of ₹1,500 crore at the NTPC’s 480 mw Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and has put a question mark on its scheduled commissioning in 2023, Union Power Minister R K Singh said on Monday. The minister visited Tapovan on Monday to assess the extent of damage at the project site, a day after the glacier burst in Chamoli district. “The project was scheduled to be commissioned in 2023. But there is a question mark now on how long it will take to desilt it as lakhs of tonnes of silt is lying at the project site,” Mr. Singh told reporters in Tapovan. very Exclusive Info. “As of now it is difficult to say when we will be able to resume work at the site and when the project will be commissioned,” he said. To a question, he said estimated losses caused to the project are worth around ₹1,500 crore.

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