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DATE OF ACCIDENT
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
LOCATION
DETAILS
Apr 7, 2005
Oct 1, 2006
LABOUR CASUALTIES
December 12 1993
April 20 2005
April 22 2005
Parbati hydroelectric project,
Himachal Pradesh
January 2005
June 28 2005
August 13 2008
River Netravathi at
Neerkatte,
Karnataka
PUBLIC DISASTERS /
[Due to Low or No
maintenance status of
dams]
June 2005
Diversion tunnel No 1
collapsed when the waters in
Chenab River rose
following the torrential rains
and snow melting in upper
glaciers region.
The surrounding hills are
developing cracks triggering
several landslides and around
250 workers had a close shave
with imminent death when
they got trapped in the
workshop at the dam site.
June 25 2005
July 2006
September 24 2007
September 17 2007
November 10 2007
December 21 2007
Two shutters
collapsed following heavy
rains in the catchment area
jeopardizing the plans of
farmers in and around this
area for second season
farming.
April 2008
June 11 2008
March 2 2008
August 4 2008
August 6 2008
June 2013
Palemvagu dam in
Khammam district,
Andhra Pradesh
Ref: An elaborate Dam Safety mechanism, right there on paper - Himanshu Upadhyaya
Ref: Dam builders blind to geo-hydrological risks, C.T. Lakshmanan /
http://www.slideshare.net/ctlachu/24-dam-made-disaster
Ref: Indian dams lack social responsibility
by Himanshu Upadhyaya h_upadhyaya@hotmail.com
http://csr-asia.com/csr-asia-weekly-news-detail.php?id=4105
Ref: Press Release / Itanagar / River Basin Friends (NE) BJP on Merits of Mega Hydro
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ne-pa/conversations/topics/153