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7 Engineers, 1 Official Suspended In Madhya Pradesh Dam Breach

The Rs 113-crore Karam dam is one part of the larger irrigation planBhopal: Eight people were suspended on Friday in connection with a breach reported in the under-construction Karam dam in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh earlier this month.Cracks in the part-built dam showed on August 11. Thousands of people from 18 villages had to be evacuated as there was fear of flooding. Emergency channels were dug to release the water and save the day. Flooding was averted but whatever was built of the dam got washed away in the process.Seven engineers and a sub-divisional officer of water resources department have been suspended for "gross dereliction of duty". The suspended personnel are chief engineer CS Ghatole, superintendent engineer P Joshi, executive engineer BL Ninama, assistant engineer ...