The Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand

From the archive record

The Tehri dam is located along the Bhagirathi Ganga / Ganges, in Uttarakhand, India. It was the subject of much environmental activism prior to completion, but is now providing some power and water to New Delhi and other cities in north India. This clip shows the submerged Tehri town which was preceded by the displacement of the town's population. This footage was filmed near Chinialisaur where an air-strip was to come up, and the villages of Baldhiana en route Uttarkashi along the Bhagirathi Ganga. wrench gang dams hydro power thermal energy non conventional renewable big dams debate medha patkar three rivers gorges china hoover This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia.