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Parliamentary panel raps NTPC, CIL during coal crisis
Fp Archives • 12 years agoNTPC's two thermal power projects Kahalgaon (Bihar) and Farakka (West Bengal) had been forced to shut down due to non-availability of coal, forcing crores of people of that region to remain in dark.
Farakka barrage to have new gates in five years: Bansal
Fp Archives • 13 years agoBansal noted that incidents of gates collapsing had taken place earlier also in 1998, 2007 and 2008.
Centre orders probe into Farakka Barrage leakage
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe probe will also ascertain whether the collapse could have been anticipated and reasons of delay in repair of the sluice gates.
Leaking Farakka may spell disaster for Bengal: Mamata
Fppolitics • 13 years agoThe West Bengal chief minister feared that with Bangladesh getting extra water her state might be pushed to a state of drought.