Looking up the Ganga valley toward Devprayag
The town of Devprayag
The river just below the Srinagar dam (330 MW). The muck disposal area is on the left hand side.
Close up of the area where the debris and muck from dam building was dumped. It washed downstream in the flood.
Areas submerged by the flood of June 2013
Downstream of Srinagar town, the silt carried by flood waters collected on the riverbank and on riverbank houses, schools and offices.
In some places the silt deposition is ten feet high.
This silt load includes the large muck and debris stored by the dam company upstream.
Several local residents, organizations and regional groups have been demanding that the dam company dispose of the excavated muck and silt properly and remove it from the riverbank location. Mr. Bhawani Shankar, editor of Regional Reporter magazine, and others have lodged complaints in a National Green Tribunal case and removal orders were issued in 2012 and 2013. Still the muck was not removed until the flood waters wisked it all away and into downstream property and riverbank areas, damaging local and government property.
The flood level is noticeable on the side of this technical college building. The silt is over 6 feet high here..
The flood waters carried the sediment across the street to houses on the other side of the main road to Srinagar town.
