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(TibetanReview.net, Jan17’25) –Reversing its initial claim that the devastating earthquake which jolted Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 morning had caused no damage to dams, China has now admitted that problems, including cracks, have been detected at five of the 14 such structures that have been inspected.
Three of the affected hydropower dams have since been emptied, Reuters Jan 16 cited the Tibet emergency management official as saying at a press conference.
In fact, in Dingri, the county in which the quake’s epicentre Tsogo Township is located, the walls of one hydrodam have tilted, prompting the evacuation of about 1,500 people from six villages downstream to hi...
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