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Glacier burst: Did the rising number of dams in Uttarakhand trigger the disaster?
After the 2013 floods, a committee set up by the Supreme Court recommended that no more dams be constructed in the State. Despite that, since 2013, five dams have been built on the Alaknanda river, which suffered the glacier burst on February 7
Several feared missing as glacier breaks in Uttarakhand s Joshimath.
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Almost eight years after floods in Uttarakhand claimed close to 5,700 lives, around 10 people lost their lives and over 150 are missing following a glacier burst and flash floods on the Alaknanda river in the State’s Chamoli district.
Is ageing Kariba Dam Wall doomed?
Sifelani Tsiko The Interview
A new study by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health warns that ageing dams pose a growing threat to public safety due to the potential for dam failures, over topping or leaks. Kariba Dam, a 128-metre-tall dam which stores 180 cubic kilometres of water straddling Zimbabwe and Zambia on the Zambezi River is cited as an example in the report. In this report, our Agriculture, Environment & Innovations Editor
Sifelani Tsiko (ST) speaks to the Zambezi River Authority chief executive Engineer
Munyaradzi Munodawafa (MM) on the findings of the report and how the authority is working to minimise the potential threats to human safety and the environment posed by the Kariba Dam.
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By News ReportNEW YORK: From the Hoover Dam in Arizona to the Inguri Dam in Georgia, many of the world s most famous dams are risk of collapsing, a worrying new report has warned.Most of the 58,700.