- Sand mafia may be behind sudden release of water, say locals
- The missing students who were swept away was due to sudden gush of water from an upstream reservoir
- Green activists allege that officials are bribed to open the gates at one go instead of releasing the water slowly, as is done in other dams
- Biggest question was how the dam water was released without prior intimation
- Fast discharge of a huge volume of water leads to large amount of sand settling on riverbeds
- Larji dam officials also admitted that warning hooters at the site were ineffective and insufficient. They attributed the tragedy to government apathy
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sand-mafia-behind-sudden-release-of-water/article6102771.ece
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