What if bhakra dam breaks

And from Punjab there are 5 rivers and the land between these rivers is quite plain and thus these two states will be hit severely. Apart from physical damages the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat have stakes in Hydro electricity generated from these dams which will also affect.

Northern Grid will also be affected. Upto what extent I have no idea to comment. Other minor industries such as tourism will also get hampered.

As such B-N Dam is very important to economy of the states involved. And if it fails it is a huge loss. Another major project which has come up in uttarakhand is Tehri Dam which is again very ambitious one, and its failure will be more devastating in comparison to B-N Dam. This is what I could gather so far. Wll keep posted as I get more.

My sources have been wikipedia and google maps only and this is my estimation based on certain logical approach.. You are commenting using your WordPress.

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Talking about the flood incident, Gupta said, "In , we had a deflection in the Bhakra, almost of the same measurement. But at that time the water level was at 1, ft and heavy inflow of flood water from catchment areas had forced the BBMB to open the floodgates," said Gupta. But our engineers are monitoring the situation with the help of latest technology.

So, there is no need to press the panic button," he pointed out. Besides, in the neighbouring state of Haryana, rescue work is on in the flood affected villages of Panipat and Yamunanagar districts. Over villages were flooded in these districts after the waters of the Yamuna river entered Sep 8. The Yamnua river is also flowing at the normal level as we have observed a decline in the rainfall in this region," said an official spokesperson of the Haryana government Monday.

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