The Baba Garib Nath Temple has been submerged after the water level of the Bhakra Dam on Saturday reached 1,670 feet in the Una district, said the officials. The Himachal Police said that the Baba ...

Manshi Asher of Himdhara, an NGO working for the rights of Bhakra dam oustees, said 36,000 families had lost their homes and land to the project. Nand Lal said 3,600 families were promised land in ...

At the time of commissioning of the dam on October 22, 1963, Nehru called Bhakra the new temple of resurgent India and a symbol of India’s progress. One of the tallest straight gravity dams was ...

For this temple of resurgent India - as Bhakra dam was referred to by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963 on its inauguration - a relic of colonial era is still chugging its heavy past.

Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) Called the "Temple of a resurgent India" by first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhakra Dam completes 50 years Tuesday. A golden jubilee event is planned at Nangal, 110 km ...

Called the ‘Temple of a resurgent India’ by the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhakra Dam completes 50 years on Tuesday. A golden jubilee event is planned at Nangal by the Bhakra Beas ...

The Bhakra Nangal dam is on the hit list of Pakistan-based militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud Dawa, an Intelligence Bureau report has warned, prompting the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh ...

With rains lashing Himachal Pradesh and Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej in reaching its capacity, excess water was released as a precaution, which could cause concern in villages located downstream ...

The water level in the Bhakra dam crossed its permissible limit of 1,680 feet on Monday, prompting the authorities to increase the release of excess water through spillway gates t ...

The father of Bhakra Dam, Sir Chhotu Ram, has many firsts to his credit. He conceived of the Bhakhra Dam way back in 1923, to rid the farmers of the so-called economic plague-spots of erstwhile ...

A low water level in the reservoirs of Bhakra Dam, Pong Dam and Thein Dam has impeded the plans of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) to carry out a low-level inspection of the Bhakra Dam.