19 NHPC were workers trapped for hours after both tunnels of the Dhauliganga project were blocked due to landslide.
Nineteen workers of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) were trapped inside a power house for hours on Sunday, August 31, as a landslide blocked normal and emergency tunnels of Dhauliganga Power Project in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh. However, all of them were rescued by the administration by the evening.
Landslide Blocks Both Tunnels of Dhauliganga Project
A landslide caused by heavy rains blocked the path leading to the normal and emergency tunnels of the Dhauliganga power project in the Ealagarh area near Dharchula in Pithoragarh. Machines have been deployed to remove the debris, reported news agency PTI, quoting Dharchula Deputy District Magistrate Jitendra Verma. He said that all workers are safe and will come out after the way to the power house is opened.
He had expressed hope that the way would be cleared by evening, after which all the workers will be able to come out. He said that despite the continuous falling of debris, the work of clearing the way is underway with the help of JCB machines of the Border Roads Organisation.