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Landslide traps 19 in Uttarakhand plant
Mint New Delhi
|September 01, 2025
Nineteen workers of National Hydroelectric Power Corp. Ltd (NHPC) were trapped inside a power house on Sunday as a landslide blocked normal and emergency tunnels of Dhauliganga Power Project in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh, officials said.
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Dharchula deputy district magistrate Jitendra Verma said that machines have been deployed to remove the debris, and the way will be cleared by evening, after which all the
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