Kesang Thakur

Small hydels: Are they really clean, green and safe?

As the number of hydro projects in the serene state of Himachal Pradesh grow, it is time to analyse how safe they really are.

Posted on 11 Jul, 2014 06:10 PM

Now in a dismantled state, the 4.8 MW Aleo II hydro project, situated between Aleo and Prini in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh made it to the news recently, but for the wrong reasons. The reservoir of the newly built Aleo II hydro project on the Aleo nallah, a tributary of the Beas river, collapsed during its very first trial run on January 12, 2014.

Aleo II Hydro Project, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh

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