Sikkim landslides: Cong flays govt over hydel projects set up without though to environmental impact

An affected area during a landslide, at Dipu Dara near Singtam in Gangtok district

NEW DELHI, Aug 21: In the wake of landslides in Sikkim, the Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government and said hydel projects in ecologically fragile regions have been coming up over the past few years without giving adequate thought to their cumulative environmental impact.
The opposition party also asserted that dams on the Teesta river are the prime example of how ecology is being fundamentally altered with grave consequences for this and future generations.
A massive landslide struck east Sikkim on Tuesday, damaging parts of a 510-mw hydroelectric project on the Teesta river. (PTI)

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