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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 (855 ft), it is the tallest dam in India and the 13th-tallest dam in the world .
From 2000 to 2001, the administrative function of Tehri was transferred to New Tehri, and many residents left the town .In September 2003, the Supreme Court ordered that the Tehri dam was legal, and the movement lost almost all the legal battles against the construction of the Tehri dam.
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.
In July 2000, the group Vishwu Hindu Parishad began a campaign to force the government to cease the construction of the Tehri dam. The group’s president, Ashok Singhal, initially appealed to the local government to deny Tehri Hydrpower Corporation the right to begin construction.
The government initiated a multipurpose dam in Tehri Garhwal district in 1962, and 40 villages were displaced to construct it. In 1979, the displaced were rehabilitated to Pathri Part 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Haridwar.
Feb 10, 2021 · In India, as rescue efforts continue in the northern state of Uttarakhand following Sunday’s devastating glacial event and dam collapse, questions are being asked about how this disaster ...
Aug 19, 2022 · FR. CN. AR. On the confluence of the Ganga and the Bhagirati river, Tehri dam is displacing 100,000 people and splitting up communities to bring water and electricity to bigger cities, including Delhi. Description of the conflict case. The Tehri Dam and Hydropower Plant is a saga of shattered dreams.
