1961 Panshet Dam failure

The dam on the Ambi River burst in the early hours after prolonged heavy rains, in its first year of holding back water, and within three hours vast areas of Pune along the banks of the Mutha were flooded. The failure in turn caused the Khadakwasla dam about 20 kilometres downstream to overtop. Water had been impounded before the dam was finished and well before its scheduled opening, and later assessments cite the construction schedule, design problems, an incomplete sluice conduit and incomplete gates and hoists.

Date
1961-07-12
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
1000
What the pin marks
The dam, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panshet_Dam

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: india, pune, incomplete construction, monsoon

Coordinates: 18.37972, 73.61111

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