by Auqib Javeed on 5 March 2021
Residents of two villages located around the Kishanganga hydel project in Bandipora, Kashmir, are living in fear following the recent flash floods in Uttarakhand.
The 37-meter high concrete dam in Gurez valley of Bandipora was constructed by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and has remained in the news because of dispute over it with Pakistan.
The local administration says it is prepared and if required, it will relocate the people. However, the local people say that have been left to fend for themselves and are afraid of meeting the same fate as Uttarakhand victims.
On February 13, at 10.34 p.m, when an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude shook the whole Kashmir valley, 64-year-old Sarfaraz Khan hugged his children. While people in other parts of Kashmir scurried out of their houses and came out on roads, Khan decided to stay in. “I was worried that if we come out, the surge shaft may burst and the water will bury us all,” Khan told Mongabay-India at his residence in ChakMantrigam area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district some 6o kilometres away from Srinagar. Khan was referring to the Kishanganga hydel power project which lies very close to his home.

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