Comments on: The Dam and The Damned https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/ The News Site, That Proudly Supports Gorkhaland Statehood Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:52:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lest We forget - The Teesta Disaster, 4 October 2023 - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-23509 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:52:33 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-23509 […] swept through the Teesta valley, destroying everything in its 162 km rampage from the glacier to NHPC Teesta Low Dam Project (TLDP) III at 27th Mile in Kalimpong district. It continued its destructive flow into parts of […]

]]> By: Roads and High-Rises Have Made Himalayan Towns Prone to Disaster - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-22625 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:13:58 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-22625 […] of the Darjeeling district is at high risk of landslides, according to recent studies. It is very vulnerable to disasters triggered by cloudbursts, similar in potential destruction to the recent flood at Dharali, but […]

]]> By: Integrated Mountain Initiative Experts Ring Alarm Over Extreme Climate Events in the Himalayan Region - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-22443 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:40:04 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-22443 […] in the Himalaya, are extremely aware that we have been facing the brunt of these disasters that are the result of global forces like climate crisis as well as development pathways chosen for […]

]]> By: Transboundary Teesta River  - A Dilemma - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-18310 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:53:03 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-18310 […] Climate change has been at the centre of the debate for the changing Himalayan geo-environment. Scientists are repeatedly warning that the Himalaya are warming comparatively faster than their lowland counterparts. The rapidly warming Himalaya has led to an acceleration of various geomorphic processes, including melting of glaciers. The rapid melting of glaciers has further given rise to many potentially dangerous Glacial Lakes, in recent times. The changes in the geomorphic processes have been rapid and dam planners/engineers were unable to foresee their increasing intensity and frequency over 25 years ago when many of the dams in Sikkim-Darjeeling hills were planned.  […]

]]> By: SAVE TEESTA, SAVE OUR RIVERS! SAVE OUR GLACIERS! SAVE OURSELVES! - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-18084 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 04:15:50 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-18084 […] washed away the 1200 MW Teesta III Chungthang Dam located 55 km downstream of the lake, and damaged several other hydropower dams further down on the Teesta […]

]]> By: EARTHQUAKES - Are  we prepared ???? - The Darjeeling Chronicle https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-12357 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 03:47:09 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-12357 […] October 6, 2023 | The Dam and The Damned […]

]]> By: D C Sharma https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/the-dam-and-the-damned/#comment-12347 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:02:36 +0000 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=11354#comment-12347 Well predicted by the author and we saw it happened today.

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