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Bhakra Dam Discovers Gravity: A 70-Year Investigation Begins

11 February 2026 - Nangal, Punjab

Record date
11 Feb 2026
Location
Nangal, Punjab
The odd part

A 'preventive' geological study launched only after the hillocks physically moved into the power house.

What happened

Seven decades after construction, the BBMB has finally realized that hills are not permanently fixed to the sky. Following a series of landslides that dumped several tons of the Himalayas into the dam's power complex, authorities have signed an MoU to study 'Slope Stability.' This groundbreaking research aims to investigate whether cutting roads into the base of mountains makes them fall down—a mystery that has puzzled officials since 1950.

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