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Jul 9, 2024 · Tehri Dam Conflict. Year: 1990’s; Place: Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. Leaders: Sundarlal Bahuguna; Aim: The protest was against the displacement of town inhabitants and the environmental consequence of the weak ecosystem. Tehri Dam attracted national attention in the 1980s and the 1990s.
The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. [1] With a height of 260.5 m ... Environmental activist Sunderlal Bahuguna led the Anti-Tehri Dam movement from 1980s till 2004. [7] [8] The protest was against the displacement of town inhabitants and environmental consequence of the weak ecosystem. [6]
The Tehri dam protests were influenced by India's Chipko Andolan movement (See Indians embrace trees (Chipko) to stop logging activity, 1971-1974)(1). The protests also influenced other dam protests in the Himalayas, especially in the Sikkim region (1).
While the Anti Tehri Dam Movement began in the late 1970s as a local resistance movement against the dam, it evolved into a civil movement in the 1980s as the participants of the movement diversified beyond the boundary of the locality.
1.4 Main Environmental Movements in India . The main environmental movements in India are as under: o Chipko Andolan, o Narmada Dam Andolan. o Silent Valley Movement . 1.4.1 The Chipko Movement . Year: 1973 . Place: In Chamoli district and later at Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
Sep 25, 2021 · On September 24, 2021, Tehri Dam reservoir was filled for the first time to a height of 830 meters. Key Points It is worth mentioning that under the Tehri Hydroelectric Project, till now it is filled up to 828 meters, but in the month of August itself, after getting permission from the government, the water level was increased.
Feb 24, 2010 · For the last 12 years construction has continued unabated on India's Tehri Dam amidst staunch opposition, massive environmental degradation and social upheaval. Even lack of sufficient funds has not stopped this monstrous, concrete Juggernaut; it has been moving along in stages, with money acquired from state and national budgets.
Nov 10, 2021 · The Tehri Hydro Power Project (THPP), also known as the Tehri Dam, is a development project in the Indian Himalayas that provides electricity, drinking water, and irrigation to North India. This paper will explore the ways that the THPP succeeded and failed by considering the priorities of the Indian government and how they directed the actions ...
In post-Independence India, move- by relocation ments like the Narmada Bachao Andolan against the Sardar Sarovar Dam and the Tehri Bandh Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (the Anti-Tehri Dam Struggle Committee) have brought into focus serious issues regarding the planning of development projects and the paradigm of development itself.
Jun 16, 2022 · With attention to the latter, this chapter broadly discusses the nature and growth of the movement against the dam at Tehri and assesses the movement’s role in influencing environmental policy for the Himalayan region.
