Tungabhadra dam gate gives way, puts lakhs in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh at flood risk

通加巴德拉大坝闸门垮塌，安得拉邦、卡纳塔克邦10万人面临洪水风险

MUNIRABAD (KOPPAL): Lakhs of people in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh braced for potential flooding after the 19th crest gate of the 71-year-old dam across the Tungabhadra river failed Sunday afternoon. The dam, about 350km from Bengaluru, saw water gushing out after the gate gave way, putting downstream districts in north Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool and Nandyal on high alert.

周日下午，通加巴德拉大坝用了71年的第19号闸门垮塌，卡纳塔克邦和安得拉邦的成千上万人面临洪水风险。这座大坝距离班加罗尔约350公里，在闸门坍塌后，洪水涌了出来，卡纳塔克邦北部和安得拉邦的库尔努尔和南迪亚尔的下游地区处于高度警戒状态。

The Tungabhadra dam, inaugurated in 1953 with a maxmum storage capacity of 133TMCFT (thousand million cubic feet), had 100TMCFT of water as of Saturday, with the remaining 33TMCFT being silt.

通加巴德拉大坝于1953年落成，最大蓄水能力为133TMCFT(10亿立方英尺)，截至周六，水库蓄水量为100TMCFT，其余33TMCFT为泥沙。

Of the 33 crest gates at the dam, 22 were opened Saturday evening, releasing nearly 1 lakh cusecs of water into the river.

在大坝的33个闸门中，22个在周六晚打开，向河里释放了近10万立方米的水。

However, the damaged gate has raised concerns, as engineers estimate that 60TMCFT of the stored water must be drained before they can replace the damaged gate. The process, along with constructing a new gate, could take up to four days or longer.

然而，受损的闸门引起了关注，工程师们估计，在更换受损的闸门之前，必须排出60TMCFT的储水。这个过程，连同建造一个新的大门，可能需要四天或更长时间。

Districts downstream of the dam, including those in AP, have been put on high alert. Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar visited the site to assess the situation. “On Saturday night, 40,000 cusecs of water was being released into the Tungabhadra river through 10 crest gates. At 12.50am, the 19th gate malfunctioned, causing a huge flow of water into the river. We’ve taken every possible precaution,” he said.

大坝下游地区，包括安得拉邦地区，都处于高度警戒状态。卡纳塔克邦副首席部长DK Shivakumar前往现场评估情况。周六晚上，4万立方米的水通过10个闸门排入通加巴德拉河。12点50分，19号门发生故障，导致大量水流入河。首席部长是：“我们已经采取了一切可能的预防措施。”

印度时报读者的评论：

Suresh Kamath

WOW it seems STATE Officials DO NOT inspect such DAMS or their Critical VALVES for such exgency and it always NEED the Intervention of the CENTRAL Bodies to help tide such emergency of this UNCONTROLED Water Flow albeit unwanted WASTE of WATER in such a manner and such OFFICIALS Must be SACKED IMMEDIATELY for dereliction of Duty without any terminal benefits and also Political Head MUST be asked to resign PRONTO. JAI SRI RAM CORRUPITON FREE SOCIETY NEEDED BHARAT MATA KI JAI

这种紧急情况，邦政府官员似乎没有检查水坝和关键阀门，总是需要中央机构的干预，解决这种不受控制的洪水险情。这些官员玩忽职守，应该立即解雇，取消一切福利，而且必须要求政府首脑立即辞职。

Avtaar

The great buffoon politicians of India will wake up after hundreds die.... till then eat, drink & sleep...

在数百人死亡后，印度伟大的小丑政客才会觉醒…

Cactus

What were these exceptionally talented engineer and politicians were doing in summer? Each dan is a water bomb and every body knows. Then why this negligence ? State must be held responsible for any untoward losses incurred by people.

这些极具天赋的工程师和政客们在干什么呢？每个大坝都是水弹，这是众所周知的。

那为什么会有这种疏忽呢？国家必须对人民所遭受的任何不幸损失负责。

Dev S

No maintenance or no money left after freebies and corruption to act on aging infra .. the dam is owned by states water resources … but it can happen anywhere. Hope it is an alarm bell for others to not sleep on aging infra

钱都被拿来发放免费品，被腐败掉了，没有资金维护，基础设施老化。这种情况可能发生在任何地方。希望这敲响了警钟，提醒其他人不要忽视基础设施老化的问题

Raaul Antonio Maino

vote for INDI and their clown prince Raul and live miserably for next 5 years.

投票给国大党和他们的小丑王子拉胡尔，然后在接下来的5年里悲惨地生活。

Ulhas Kulkarni

Karnataka might be reluctant to release water to TN despite Supreme Court Verdict but is generous when in it comes to Andhra Pradesh. Especially in the height of the rainy season.

卡纳塔克邦不愿向泰米尔纳德邦放水，尽管最高法院做出了判决，但对安得拉邦却很慷慨，尤其是在雨季的高峰期。

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We Indians should think of replacing AGEING COMPONENTS periodically, we have bad habits of kee it alive as long as.

我们应该考虑定期更换老化的部件，我们有一个坏习惯，就是让它们“寿终正寝”。

M D

Just find out who has signed on the Dams Condition Status.

查查是谁签了水坝状况检查表。

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It is our lethargic atitude in a “chalta hai” raj.

太懒散，太麻木了

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It is just an accident. Fellow readers please don't make political comments. As per the protocol gates are maintained properly. Operated & lubricated every 15 days. A gate of Barwi dan in Maharashtra also gave way. After all it is Steel" It is bound to rust.

这只是一个意外。读者朋友们，请不要妄议政治。根据规定，闸门有妥善维护，每15天维护一次。马哈拉施特拉邦巴维大坝的一扇闸门也倒塌了。毕竟是钢的，一定会生锈的。

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Hope everything goes well till the gates are repared.

希望在闸门修好之前别出什么事。

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Good Lesson for down stream people

这对下游的人来说是很好的教训

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From the months of January to May the water levels are low and in many places dry. Is preventive maintenance not taken care then?

从1月到5月，水位很低，许多地方干涸。预防性维护是否没有得到重视?

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In summer, they quarrel for water shortages. In the rain, they quarrel due to submergence caused due to excess water.

夏季，他们为缺水而争吵。在雨季，他们又担心洪涝灾害

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It is a cylce.

这是一个死循环。

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Leaders and officials are responsible for not Spending Time and Money in Maintenance.,RCA - Root Cause Analysis and then CAPA - Corrective Action Preventive Action needs to be done. Hope they do so that farmers and people don't suffer.

不花时间和钱去维修，领导和官员要对此负责。分析原因，然后采取纠正措施和预防措施。希望他们这样做，这样老百姓就不会受苦。

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Rivers need dredging periodically. Nothing has been done by local governments. All the rain water is wasted and later draught and make money by politicians. This is ironical. All rivers need dredging so that they can hold water when it's raining and feed the crops and drinking water.

河流需要定期疏浚。地方政府什么也没做。雨水白白流掉。这很讽刺。所有的河流都需要疏浚，这样在下雨的时候它们就能蓄水，为庄稼提供灌溉和为人民提供饮用水。

Saydrtdng

What about the Preventive maintenance and periodic inspection? were they not done or were they not exhaustive enough to save money or just plain lazy?

预防性维护和定期检查是怎么做的？是他们没有完成，还是为了省钱，或者纯粹是因为懒惰?

Nation Builder

Officials were slee during summer time, poor maintenance. This is warning for all old dams

夏天，官员们不干活，维护不善。这是老水坝的一个隐患

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33 Thousand million cubic feet of silt! Should have had measures like annual desilting during the summer in place decades ago...

33亿立方英尺的淤泥！几十年前就应该，每个夏天清淤一次…

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Wonder if ministers and bureaucrats responsible for such matters are aware of the maintenance cycles of various capital infrastructure at all. Feeling is they dont care. Action initiated only post disaster.,Really scary situation now and later due to water shortages.

不知道负责这些事务的部长和官僚们是否意识到各种基础设施的维护周期。感觉就是他们不在乎。只有在灾难发生后才会采取行动。由于水资源短缺，现在和以后的形势很严峻

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The word ‘MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS’ not mentioned in our dictionary.

我们的字典里没有“资产维护”这个词。