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 Living made difficult [1]

Unfulfilled promises; villagers hanging loose

On July 24 this year, a school block near the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project in Sunagarh, Uttarkashi district, gave away as the rocks under it had become unstable. The subsequent landslide kept the highway blocked for the next three days.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2008
Down to Earth [2]
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Tags:
Himalaya [3], Rivers [4], Ganga [5], Dams/ Irrigation [6], Dams [7], Climate Change [8], Glacial Melt [9], Hydroelectricity [10], Earthquakes [11], Landslides [12], National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) [13], Hydrology [14], Geology [15], Ministry of Power [16], Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [17], Uttarkashi (D) [18]

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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landslides
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geology
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-power
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttarkashi-d