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How a gate failure reshaped safety planning at Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu
What began as a sudden structural failure in one bay of the historic reservoir soon grew into a much wider concern over the health of the entire gate system at one of south India’s most important inter-State irrigation projects
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