HARIPUR – A protective embankment at the Tarbela Dam T5 Hydropower Project has collapsed, causing water to begin entering the T5 tunnel.
Following the incident, all foreign and Pakistani workers present at the project site were safely evacuated, Deputy Commissioner Haripur Waseem Ahmed confirmed.
He said that all workers had been removed from the site safely and that authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
تربیلا ڈیم ٹی فائیو پاور پراجیکٹ کا حفاظتی بند ٹوٹ گیا، حفاظتی بند ٹوٹنے کے باعث ٹی فائیو ٹنل میں پانی داخل ہونا شروع پراجیکٹ مین کام کرنے والے تمام غیر ملکی اور پاکستانی ورکرز کو بحفاظت نکال لیا گیا، واقعے کی تحقیقات کر رہے ہیں، ڈپٹی کمشنر ہری پور وسیم احمد https://t.co/iN9FaCgfei
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Working on the project has been halted temporarily, he said while confirming that one labourer was injured in the incident.
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