New Delhi: Another dam has collapsed at the Teesta power project in Sikkim in less than a year.
The Teesta Stage 5 dam of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) was damaged due to a landslide on Tuesday morning, according to a statement by the company. However, no casualties have been reported so far as the power station was evacuated in the past few days amid frequent landslides.
NHPC’s expert team from the corporate office is visiting the project to assess the situation, take stock of losses and plan for remedial works, the statement said.
The Stage 5 dam was defunct since the October 2023 glacial lake outburst in the Teesta River basin that had damaged Teesta Stage 3 dam of Sikkim Urja Ltd. The cloudburst triggered a massive flash flood that washed away parts of the dam at Chungthang, the biggest hydropower project in Sikkim. Rising waters flowed through unabated in North Sikkim’s Mangan district.
These floods happen when glacial lakes formed by melting ice accumulate…