Displaced by Hirakud Dam
in a speech given to the people who would be displaced by the Hirakud Dam., "If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country.” These are the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India
About this community
- Dam
- Hirakud Dam
- River
- Mahanadi River
- Established
- 1946
- Inundated
- 1946 to 1957
- Population
- 150,000