Panic gripped the village of Malana on Tuesday when water from the 86-megawatt Malana Hydro Power Project dam in the Kullu district started overflowing due to the malfunctioning of its gates.
Today is the third day but the NDRF has not been able to open the jammed flood gates.
People residing along the Beas in Kullu and Mandi districts are spending sleepless nights as the dam is overflowing after its flood gates jammed due to heavy silt influx.
According to Deputy Commissioner Kullu Ashutosh Garg, in view of the accumulation of water and silt in the Malana dam, an alert was sounded as soon as the administration received information about the flooding of the water level in River Parvati due to the gate block of Malana Hydro Power Stage-two Dam.
“In village Malana of Manikarna Valley of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, Malana Hydro Power Project Stage-two started to overflow due to the gate block of the dam. In such a situation, in view of the possibility of a dam burst, an alert has been issued to the residential areas and many residential areas have been evacuated along the banks of the Parvati River,” said Deputy Commissioner Kullu Ashutosh Garg.
Garg has recently said that the flood gates of the dam could not be opened. The dam is still overflowing but the water flow is under control.
