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Installed capacity. 1,000 MW (1,300,000 hp) Max. planned: 2,400 MW. With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft) Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India [1] and 13th tallest dam in the world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India.
टिहरी बाँध टेहरी विकास परियोजना का एक प्राथमिक बाँध है जो उत्तराखण्ड राज्य के टिहरी जिले में स्थित है। इसे स्वामी रामतीर्थ सागर बांध भी कहते हैं |यह बाँध हिमालय की दो महत्वपूर्ण नदियों पर ...
The Tehri Dam Andolan was a significant movement that emerged in the late 1980s in the Tehri district of Uttarakhand, India. The movement aimed to protest against the construction of the Tehri Dam, a massive hydroelectric project located on the Bhagirathi River. Background of the Tehri Dam Project. The Tehri Dam project was envisioned as a ...
The Tehri Dam is situated in the Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. This multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam is the tallest dam in the country. The dam was built in 2006 for providing water to generate electricity, irrigation as well as municipal water supply. The sediment trap efficiency of the dam is 95%.
- Ans: When the dam was being constructed, Tehri Lake was built. Due to this for... Read full
- Ans: Many measures were taken to rehabilitate the town’s people. They relocated households into blocks so the peop... Read full
- Ans: The Hanumantha Rao Committee (HRC) was a committee formed after the locals requested better compensation. It wa... Read full
- Ans: Since the filling of the dam’s reservoir began in 2005, the flow of the... Read full
With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft) Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India and 13th tallest dam in the world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. Phase 1 was completed in 2006. The Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp) of ...
The construction of Tehri Dam underwent many ups and downs. In 1961 the preliminary investigation for the project got completed following which 1972 led to the completion of its design. Financial and Social impacts delayed the construction that began in 1978. USSR lent a helping hand in 1986 by providing technical and financial assistance.
Learn how local activists used nonviolent methods to oppose the Tehri Dam project that would flood their town and displace thousands of people. The campaign involved hunger strikes, sit-ins, petitions, and court cases, but faced police violence and government resistance.
