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HILLONG: The death toll in the deluge at the Myntdu-Leshka Hydel Project in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya rose to five on Saturday with the
recovery of one more body, even as ten others who were still missing were feared to be dead.
"We are afraid that they may not be alive," project manager Elias Lyngdoh said over the phone from the dam site. Five workers were missing from the dam's tunnel while six were trapped in the power house when there was a sudden overflow of water following incessant rains on Thursday evening.
Three of the bodies buried in debris inside the power house downstream were recovered on Friday along with the body of a driver, whose vehicle had been smashed by a landslide. Jaintia Hills SP M K Singh said four teams, including police personnel and local villagers, were carrying out rescue operations in the site.
On the other hand, a high-level team led by additional chief secretary WMS Pariat, who is also chairman of the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB), visited the site on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Incessant rains since the last couple of days had led to the overflowing of water and had also triggered landslides at the construction site of the ambitious Rs 900 crore 84 MW hydel project.The power house, located downstream, had been covered in debris of stone and mud. Officials said the loss could cross the Rs 5-crore mark, with costly electrical equipment and machinery used in the construction reported to have been damaged in the deluge.
HILLONG: The death toll in the deluge at the Myntdu-Leshka Hydel Project in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya rose to five on Saturday with the
recovery of one more body, even as ten others who were still missing were feared to be dead.
"We are afraid that they may not be alive," project manager Elias Lyngdoh said over the phone from the dam site. Five workers were missing from the dam's tunnel while six were trapped in the power house when there was a sudden overflow of water following incessant rains on Thursday evening.
Three of the bodies buried in debris inside the power house downstream were recovered on Friday along with the body of a driver, whose vehicle had been smashed by a landslide. Jaintia Hills SP M K Singh said four teams, including police personnel and local villagers, were carrying out rescue operations in the site.
On the other hand, a high-level team led by additional chief secretary WMS Pariat, who is also chairman of the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB), visited the site on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Incessant rains since the last couple of days had led to the overflowing of water and had also triggered landslides at the construction site of the ambitious Rs 900 crore 84 MW hydel project.The power house, located downstream, had been covered in debris of stone and mud. Officials said the loss could cross the Rs 5-crore mark, with costly electrical equipment and machinery used in the construction reported to have been damaged in the deluge.
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