BS READS: Jinxed, cursed, twice destroyed - A river that doesn't want a dam on it

It has been 25 years since work on the Rishiganga hydroelectric project commenced. It has managed to generate electricity for barely four years

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BS Reads | Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand flood

Sai Manish  |  New Delhi 

It took 16 years before a hydro project, now destroyed twice, would start generating power. When it would finally start generating power in 2012, it would do so for barely four years before being obliterated by the nature’s fury.

And, when its new owners would seek to rebuild the dam at the same site, the furious river would again sweep it into oblivion. That’s one part of the story of the Rishiganga hydroelectric project. In another, beyond the curse of the nature, there is a mix of strange events that make this 13.2-Mw project, located at Raini village in Uttarakhand’s ...

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First Published: Mon, February 15 2021. 13:52 IST
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