Environmental experts say the ongoing construction of the 520-MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectricity project may have increased damage caused by a Feb. 7 glacier burst in India’s Himalayan region that is believed to have killed 204 people.
A portion of a glacier, called Nanda Devi, broke off in the Chamoli district of the north Indian state of Uttarakhand resulting in a massive flood that hit two hydropower projects and caused major mudslides across several days.