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...
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Construction of the Tehri Dam totally submerged the old town of Tehri, and the population was shifted to the town of New Tehri. The town is famous as...
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Bhagirathi River (redirect from Dams on the Bhagirathi River)
Another view of the confluence at Devprayag. Tehri Dam, the 5th tallest dam in the world There are 18 dams along the Bhagirathi River, either in operation...
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Koteshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Bhagirathi River, located 22 km (14 mi) downstream of the Tehri Dam in Tehri District, Uttarakhand, India. The dam is part...
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Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of...
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Sunderlal Bahuguna (category People from New Tehri)
member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the anti-Tehri Dam movement from the 1980s to early 2004. He was one of the early environmentalists...
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THDC India Limited (redirect from Tehri Hydro Development Corporation)
present the company has four power plants in operation namely Tehri Dam (1000 MW), Koteshwar Dam (400 MW), 50 MW Wind project in Patan (Gujarat) and 63 MW...
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Tourism in Uttarakhand (section Tehri Dam)
height of 260.5 m (855 ft) Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India. It is currently ranked No 10 on the List of Tallest Dams in the world. With a total...
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manages Bhakra Dam, Dehar Hydroelectric Project, Pong dam, Ganguwal and Kotla power stations. Being the second largest dam in India after Tehri Dam, it attracts...
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Ganges (section Dams and barrages)
Bangladesh. There is Lav Khush Barrage across the River Ganges in Kanpur. Tehri Dam was constructed on Bhagirathi River, a tributary of the Ganges. It is...
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Renewable energy portal List of power stations in India Nagarjuna Sagar Tehri Dam Hirakud Dam "Development or displacement?". The Hindu. Archived from the original...
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since 1999. Rishikesh is a vegetarian-only and alcohol-free city. The Tehri Dam is located 86 km (53 mi) away from Rishikesh. Uttarkashi, a popular yoga...
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Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013. "Tehri Lake". euttaranchal.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Media related to Lakes of...
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Koteshwar, Uttarakhand, a village in Uttarakhand, India Koteshwar Dam, part of the Tehri Dam complex in India Koteshwar Mahadev, a Shiva temple in Uttarakhand...
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1980s, activists like Bahuguna protested against construction of the Tehri dam on the Bhagirathi River, which went on for the next two decades, before...
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Chamba, Uttarakhand (category Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district)
the Tehri Dam reservoir and New Tehri. The town is about 50 km from Mussoorie and also near Dhanaulti, Surkanda Devi Temple, Ranichauri, New Tehri, and...
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of Bugyal.[citation needed] New Tehri city has Tehri Dam, with a height of 260.5 metres (855 ft) is the tallest dam in India. It is currently ranked...
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Dixence Dam in Switzerland The Inguri Dam in Georgia The Vajont Dam in Italy The Tehri Dam in India The Mica Dam in Canada The Sayano Shushenskaya Dam in Russia...
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earthquakes in 1991 List of earthquakes in India 1999 Chamoli earthquake Tehri Dam Kayal, J. R. (2015), "Precursor seismicity, foreshocks and aftershocks...
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Bhagirathi and the Ganges and flows into the Bhagirathi at Old Tehri, the site of the Tehri dam. It meets its major tributary the Bal Ganga at Ghansali (elevation...
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List of largest reservoirs in India (category Lists of dams in India)
and operate dams. List of dams and reservoirs in India List of reservoirs by volume National Register of Large Dam -2019 "Statewise dams in India" (PDF)...
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2019 - Commissioning of 720 MW Hydro project (having 114 M high concrete dam and underground powerhouse having 4x180 MW generators) for Mangdechhu Hydro...
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Sarovar Dam – India’s largest dam with 7.2 million cu.m. of chilled concrete; larger by 75% in terms of volume than Bhakra Nangal Dam Tehri Dam - Asia's...
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Environment and Forests from 1985 to 1988. He opposed the Tehri dam and Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada river during his stint but was overruled. He was...
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insights of the people of Uttarakhand. His songs "Tehri Dam" and "Nauchhami Naraina" created a wave. "Tehri Dam" was the story of the displacement of locals...
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Ghost town (section Flooding by dams)
and Successes of Massive Dams". BBC News. Retrieved 26 February 2023. "New Tehri - Overlooks The Gigantic Tehri Lake And Dam | Uttarakhand Tourism". Uttarakhand...
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of Himachal Pradesh of 226 m. India's tallest dam is "Tehri dam "of 265 m. The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m and the...
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Spillway of Tehri Dam...
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Kerala, and 42 dams and reservoirs. The dams and reservoirs in Kerala include Solaiyar Dam, Kakkayam Dam, Idamalayar Dam, Peringalkuthu Dam and Kakki Reservoir...
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Dhanaulti (category Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district)
visible from Dehradun-Dhanaulti road. Landour Mussoorie New Tehri Kanatal Chamba Tehri Dam Surkanda Devi "Dhanaulti Honeymoon Packages - Dhanaulti Couple...
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