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Hirakud Dam - Displaced People

Hirakud Dam - Displaced People

first Prime Minister of India, "If you are to suffer, in a speech given to the people who would be displaced by the Hirakud Dam., you should suffer in the interest of the country.” These are the words of Jawaharlal Nehru

About this community

Dam
Hirakud Dam
River
Mahanadi River
Established
1946
Inundated
1946 to 1957
Population
150,000