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Tehri dam sitting on an active fault: Indian seismologists

09 December 2012

Hyderabad: There is an active fault beneath the Tehri dam that enhances the earthquake risk, scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here have reported. The Tehri dam is located near Tehri town in Uttarakhand in the Kumaon-Garhwal Himalayas region….

Read more: http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/tehri-dam-sitting-on-an-active-fault-indian-seismologists_815630.html

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December 9, 2012 at 8:14 pm

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