3yo girl swept away as hydro unit releases water from dam without warning

Dehradun: A three-year-old girl in Tiuni town of Dehradun district died after she was swept away by strong currents of water that was suddenly released from a hydropower project in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh into Pabbar river without warning around 11.30am on Thursday.Tiuni SHO Ashwini Baluni said, “Marsika, daughter of a labourer residing in Sarnad settlement in Tiuni, was playing near the riverside with other children when the force of the water swept her away while the other children managed to escape and alert nearby residents.”He added, “A joint team of police and locals launched a search operation and recovered the girl’s body after a few hours. A postmortem was conducted and the body has been handed over to the family. A preliminary investigation suggests that the water was released from the Sawra Kuddu hydroelectric project,” said the SHO.