Study warns of glacial outburst risks from hydropower projects in Himalayas, caution comes after nod to resume Teesta III | India News – The Times of India
NEW DELHI: Days after an environment ministry expert panel gave its conditional nod to resume construction of Sikkim’s 1,200 MW Teesta III hydroelectric project, a study published in the international journal ‘Science’ has warned that the increasing number of such projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas amplifies GLOF risks.It was the catastrophic glacial lake…