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Kushinagar Dam Breaks at Midnight; CM Yogi Activates Relief Operations.
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News18•29-09-2026, 05:38
Kushinagar Dam Breaks at Midnight; CM Yogi Activates Relief Operations.
- •Narayani River's AP embankment near Tatwa Tola in Kushinagar broke late at night, threatening villages with floods.
- •CM Yogi Adityanath became active immediately, directing officials to initiate relief and rescue operations.
- •CM Yogi sought information from Gorakhpur Commissioner, ADG, and Kushinagar DM regarding the incident.
- •NDRF and SDRF teams are deployed for extensive rescue operations; villagers are being moved to safe places.
- •The embankment break is attributed to increased erosion, rat holes, and continuous seepage after water levels dropped.
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The AP embankment broke near Tatwa Tola in Kushinagar due to increased river erosion after water levels decreased, combined with rat holes in the embankment and continuous seepage.
Upon receiving information about the midnight incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath immediately sought details from local officials, instructed that villagers be moved to safe places, and mobilized administration, police, disaster management, NDRF, and SDRF teams for rescue operations.
No loss of life has been reported so far, though former MLA Ajay Kumar Lallu, a station house officer, and others fell into the erosion while walking on the embankment and were subsequently rescued.
