Dikchu HEP affected houses surveyed

MANGAN, 04 July: A total of 175 houses were covered under a joint survey carried out by representatives from the Land Revenue Department, Buildings & Housing Department and Sneha Kinetic Power Project Ltd. Between 01 to 04 July, the survey checked houses for major and minor cracks believed to have been caused by SKPPL’s work on the 96 MW Dikchu HEP.
This survey was a follow up to the one carried out in 2013 and was necessitated when more complaints came in of houses suffering damage due to blasting works undertaken for the said project. The survey was carried out at the project affected villages of Lower Rakdong, Sokpay, Raidang, 12th Mile, Tamsay and Dikchu Bazar.
Another 300 houses have been surveyed at the dam-site in the Lingdok area.