BALUATAR, SINGTAM (27 15 1.8 N 88 27 34.1 E)
While returning from our visit to North Sikkim on 19Nov2023, we stopped by at Baluatar, Singtam to check the impact of the GLOF on the large NHPC complex there. It consists of the NHPC Stage V (Dikchu dam) power station, the Office of CEO, LANCO Teesta Hydro Electric Project, quarters for NHPC officers and personnel, a Kendriya Vidyalaya school, hospital and shopping complex .
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The damage to the assets has been huge with the bridge connecting the opposite bank at Baluatar washed away:
The whole area was deserted so we could not check when this area was hit by the GLOF, their experience or ascertain what was damaged except that which was immediately visible to us:
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| Damaged machinery outside the Stage V Power Station. |
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The raw power of nature is evident from these steel rods which have been bent and torn off. From photographs on the internet, there was a playground here and a lot of trees and greenery. The GLOF has swiped away everything and dumped almost 10 feet of sludge/sand here.   |
NHPC TEESTA STAGE VI Hydro Electric Project Barrage at Sirwani, SINGTAM (27 14 34.9 N 88 28 37.8 E)
The barrage, with what appears to be ruins of the bridge (see map) which was swept down by the GLOF
This is the STAGE VI dam at Sirwani, SIngtam on 19Nov2023.
Praful Rao
Kalimpong district
Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya
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