Larji Hydropower Project

An inquiry report on the death of 24 students and a tour guide near Mandi on June 8, who were washed away when water was released into the river without warning from the nearby Larji Hydropower project, has blamed the dam authorities for the tragedy.

A case of negligence has been registered against authorities of the Larji Hydropower project here even as rescuers today negotiated through huge boulders and high level of silt to trace 19 engineering students and a tour guide who were washed away in the turbulent waters of the Beas River.

An inquiry report on the death of 24 students and a tour guide near Mandi on June 8, who were washed away when water was released into the river without warning from the nearby Larji Hydropower project, has blamed the dam authorities for the tragedy.

A case of negligence has been registered against authorities of the Larji Hydropower project here even as rescuers today negotiated through huge boulders and high level of silt to trace 19 engineering students and a tour guide who were washed away in the turbulent waters of the Beas River.