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%. IT WAS DESIGNED IN A MANNER TO MAKE IT
CAPABLE OF OFFSETTING 150 YEARS OF SEDIMENTATION
 HISTORY OF TEHRI DAM

• UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INDIA’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER, JAWAHAR LAL

NEHRU, A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE DAM WAS COMPLETED IN
1961.
• IN 1978, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAM STARTED AFTER STUDYING ALL THE
POSSIBILITIES.
• THE USSR PROVIDED THEIR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN 1986,
WHICH ALSO WITNESSED THE INTERFERENCE OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY.
• THE PROJECT WAS FIRST GIVEN TO UTTAR PRADESH'S IRRIGATION
DEPARTMENT. BUT, THE TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS
ESTABLISHED FOR MANAGING THE DAM IN 1988.
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SURROUNDING TEHRI DAM

• VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE

PROTESTED AGAINST THE DAM.
• THE ANTI-TEHRI DAM MOVEMENT BEGAN AROUND THE 1980S AND CONTINUED
TILL 2004.
• THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN WOULD LEAD
TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE AND DAMAGE
THE ECOSYSTEM, WHICH WAS ALREADY WEAK.
• IF AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED, IT COULD LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
DAM, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE SUBMERGENCE OF MULTIPLE TOWNS
NEARBY.
 TOURISM AND TEHRI DAM

• AS IT IS ONE OF THE TALLEST DAMS IN THE WORLD, TEHRI DAM ATTRACTS

MANY VISITORS AND TOURISTS TO NEW TEHRI.
• MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO INTRODUCED VARIOUS WATER SPORTS
TO PROMOTE ADVENTURE TOURISM IN THE STATE.

CONCLUSION
TEHRI DAM HAS GONE THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND STILL
STANDS STRONG. IT EVEN WENT THROUGH AN EARTHQUAKE OF 6.9 MAGNITUDES.