impoundment meaning in Hindi

Despite these efforts, the dam's condition continues to deteriorate, raising the prospect of its complete collapse. Were this to happen with a reservoir full of water , predicts Engineering News-Record , “as much as 12.5 billion cubic meters of water pooled behind the 3.2-km-long earth-filled impoundment [would go] thundering down the Tigris River Valley toward Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. The wave behind the 110-meter-high crest would take about two hours to reach the city of 1.7 million.” In addition, parts of Baghdad (population 7 million) would come under 5 meters of water.
दुर्भाग्य से कई इराकी अधिकारी इन खतरों के प्रति अजीब सा और अनमना रूख अपना रहे है उन्होंने अमेरिकी सेना के इस सुझाव को कि इस बाँध के बैक -अप के लिए एक दूसरा बाँध बनाया जाए इसको भी एक अनावश्यक सुझाव मान ठुकरा दिया है। यह रूख इस समस्या को और भी गंभीर बना देती है।

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