Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that govt was not aware of a subsidiary company's project in Tapovan till yesterday & estimated that 35 people are stuck in another tunnel.
Scientists studying satellite imagery from before & after the disaster say a chunk of glacier appears to have crashed down a mountain, triggering a landslide & subsequent floods.
The Tapovan hydroelectric dam, also known as the Rishi Ganga project, was completely washed off in the flash flood, the IAF said in its initial report.
Naval divers on standby. National Crisis Management Committee has said there is no danger of downstream flooding, and no threat to the neighbouring villages.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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