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Tehri Dam - Additional Displaced People

Tehri Dam - Additional Displaced People

In addition to the displacement of 12,500 people from Old Tehri, approximately 87,500 people from 110 villages were displaced by Tehri Dam. (Pictured: Tehri Lake, and area which was once a deep river valley with many towns and farms.)

About this community

Dam
Tehri Dam
River
Bhagirathi River
Established
823
Inundated
2005
Population
87,500