“The collapse was neither an 'act of
God' as the government claimed, nor
a failure in management by dam
workers as most citizens of Morvi
believe to this day, but rather a severe
failure of…engineering...”
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/book-on-1979-morbi-dam-disaster-rubbishes-act-of-god-theory/979087/0
www.morbicity.com
www.morbicity.com
http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?281980
https://sites.google.com/site/profshivajirao/polavaramdamimages-4
9,000
8,000
Lives lost
7,000
6,000
5,000
Nearly
3 times
more
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
9/11 attacks
Morvi dam burst
8,500
8,000
7,500
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
Morvi Dam Burst Water Flow, 1979
450,000
400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
Nearly
50%
more
normal flow
dam burst
about 50% more
Normal flow: 220,000 cft/s
MORVI DAM
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