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No Damage To Dam Of Teesta-V Power Station Sikkim Due To Landslide
Dikchu: Due to incessant rainfall in Sikkim since last few days, on 27th June 2020 at around 00.20 AM, a land slide occurred at Dam Axis on left abutment hill side from a height of about 40 meter from Dam top NHPC Teesta-V Dam at Dikchu, East Sikkim. The access to Dam Control Room (DCR) as well as electrical connection to Dam top was cut-off due to this slide. Immediately, Civil & Electrical restoration works were geared up by a team of Engineers of Teesta-V Power Station and electricity was restored by early morning of 27th June at 08:45 AM.
No damage to the Dam has occurred to NHPC Dam at Dickchu. It has been designed to withstand all such natural calamities and local villagers and the people living in the surrounding areas need not to be worry as the Dam is absolutely safe and necessary precautionary measures have been taken as a part of preparedness during Monsoon. Even during Earthquake in Sikkim in the year 2011, no damage occurred to this Dam.
Hooters are installed at important places including at Singtam to alert the local people about release of water from Dam & Power House. To ensure safety of the people, NHPC Dickchu reservoir with very small storage capacity and monsoon water is released continuously depending on inflow of water into the reservoir.
Because of continuous rain and shooting boulders from the top, the slide clearance work could not be started. Power Station Disaster management team & Dam team are at the site with required equipments. Once weather condition improves, the slide removal work will start and connectivity to Lum village and other villages in North Sikkim will be restored quickly.
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