The dam also supplies over 250 million gallons of drinking water to Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. News / Cities / Dehradun News / Houses in Tehri develop cracks, residents seek speedy ...

Around 80 villages in the vicinity of the 42 sq-km Tehri dam reservoir have been exposed to the dangers of frequent landslips due to constant erosion of the area by the reservoir water.

Action will be taken to resolve the issues being faced by the Tehri dam displaced persons within two months. This decision was taken in the meeting of Union Minister of State for Power, Rajkumar ...

Tehri Dam is also the second highest in Asia, at about 855 feet, and is located on the river bed of the sacred river Bhagirathi. The dam is known to generate 1000 MW of hydroelectricity and has an ...

DEHRADUN: Residents of more than 450 villages near Tehri dam are angry over the closure of the 200-meter-long concrete passage running over the dam’s top and demanded access to it.

Tehri Dam: History. The pilot investigation for the Tehri dam project was conducted in 1961. The design was completed in 1972. The construction began only in 1978 after the feasibility studies but ...

Authorities say the tunnels have been closed to build crucial sections of the main dam. But the alteration has created an artificial reservoir nearly four kilometres long and 25 metres deep. Tehri's ...

The Tehri reservoir located in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Dam Project on Friday reached full reservoir capacity of 830m for the first time, THDC India limited said in a statement.