NEW DELHI: Authorities across North Bengal have been placed on high alert after Bhutan’s Tala hydropower dam began overflowing due to a gate malfunction, raising fears of downstream flooding in West Bengal’s Dooars region. The warning comes as parts of the Darjeeling hills continue to reel under the impact of torrential rainfall and deadly landslides. The Druk green power corporation (DGPC) in Bhutan reported a technical failure in the dam’s gates, which failed to open, causing the river to spill over. The national centre for hydrology and meteorology (NCHM), Bhutan, confirmed the issue and formally alerted the West Bengal government to brace for potential flooding, reported ANI. In response, the national disaster response force (NDRF) has put its Alipurduar unit on the “highest alert

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