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Dozen Injured in Landslide at Uttarakhand Hydropower Project

Tehri Hydro Development Corporation has halted construction at the Helang site to implement stronger safety protocols after the landslide injured a dozen labourers.

Eight of the labourers sustained minor injuries, while four were seriously injured.
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Landslide strikes the Vishnugad‑Pipalkoti hydropower project (VPHEP) site on the Alaknanda River in Helang, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, at 09:00 LT on August 2. Image credit: All India Radio News

Overview

  • A landslide at the Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric site near Helang on August 2 injured twelve labourers, eight with minor injuries and four with serious injuries.
  • Rescue teams from the State Disaster Response Force, police and health department personnel admitted all injured to Vivekanand Hospital, with one patient transferred to a Srinagar facility for a spinal MRI.
  • About seventy of the roughly three hundred on-site labourers were working at the slide’s impact zone when the rockfall occurred.
  • District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari ordered an immediate suspension of all work and directed THDC to resume only after thorough safety inspections and worker protections are in place.
  • The Vishnugad Pipalkoti project diverts Alaknanda River water through a tunnel to generate power at Pipalkoti and has faced persistent geological hazards, including flood damage in 2021.