Tibetan river floods force Indian power plant to shut down

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Northern India, including the capital New Delhi, was facing blackouts yesterday after one of the country's largest hydro power projects was shut down to avoid silting from river floods from Tibet, an official said.
The 1,500 MW Nathpa hydro project was closed down after flood waters on the Parechu river in China's Himalayan region of Tibet rose up to 15m, destroying infrastructure downstream on the Sutlej river in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

"The discharge of water has receded, but it is the high silt content in the river which is worrying and forcing us to keep the project closed," said a dam official, who did not want to be identified.

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