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Chuzachen hydro dam collapse in Sikkim [1]

The coffer dam is being built for the 99 MW Chuzachen hydro electric project developed by GATI Infrastructure. As per the preliminary information, the labourers were working in the coffer dam in the night shift when the dam suddenly burst

Publication Date: 
17/04/2009
South Asia Network on Dams [2]
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation [3], Dams [4], Dam Failure [5], Dam Safety [6], Hydroelectricity [7], Sikkim [8]
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