3 villages vacated due to dam breach

Raisen, MP, Aug 31 (UNI) Residents of three villages in Raisen district have been evacuated as seepage from a breach on the embankment of Piplai dam continued, officials said today.

As efforts to plug the breach did not succeed, authorities were engaged in digging a canal to divert water into the Richhan river.

The dam was constructed in 1998 at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore. The affected people have been shifted to camps.

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