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With the dam collapsed, some of the 18-cubic-kilometres (4.3 cubic miles) of water held in the reservoir is now flooding a swathe of southern Ukraine, including areas controlled by Russian forces.
The Nova Kakhova dam, which was under Russian control, was breached on the morning of 6 June, with water surging through it and causing extensive flooding in Kherson - prompting the evacuation of ...
How UK papers reacted to ‘Russia’s blowing up of dam’ 08:45, Matt Mathers. Several UK-based newspapers splashed on the dam disaster in Ukraine, which Kyiv said was caused by a Russia explosion.
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Moːkśguṇam Viśveśvarayya; 15 September 1861 – 12/14 April 1962), [1] [2] also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, [3] who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.
The Khadakwasla Dam is 1.9 km (1.2 mi) long. The dam has been built on the Mutha River, which begins from the confluence of the rivers Ambi and Mose on which the Panshet and Varasgaon Dams are built respectively, and the outflow from Temgarh Lake through Temgarh Dam [3] about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Varasgaon Dam into Khadakwasla Lake.
The dam was about 30 m (98 ft) tall and 3.2 km (2 mi) long; [11] the breached segment was about 85 m (279 ft) long. [12] Two days after the breach, the average level of flooding in the Kherson Oblast was 5.61 m (18.4 ft), according to local officials. [13] [14] There were signs of an explosion at the time of the breach.
In 1985, the bank pledged $450 million to finance the Sardar Sarovar dam and canal, the keystone of an effort to turn the Narmada River into a series of reservoirs that would serve the state’s most drought-prone regions. The bank estimated in 1987 that 60,000 people would be affected by the project.
The ISW said in its 21 October update: “Russian forces will likely attempt to blow up the dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) to cover their withdrawal and to prevent Ukrainian ...