Displaced by 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, in a speech given to the people who would be displaced by the Hirakud Dam.
About this community
- Dam
- Hirakud Dam
- River
- Mahanadi River
- Established
- 1946
- Inundated
- 1946-1957
- Population
- 150,000