Down to Earth January 15, 2006 As the old Tehri town drowns in the water impounded by the Tehri dam, some way upstream another hydroelectric power project is making an unwelcome appearance. Work on a hydel project, located on the Bhilangana river, a tributary of…
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the arrest and atrocities perpetuated by the local police in league with the district administration on villagers protesting against the construction of a dam under the Bhilangana Hydel River Project in Tehri…
Press Trust of India Dehra Dun, November 27, 2005 The closure of last diversion tunnel of the controversial 2400 MW Tehri hydel project, that had blocked the Bhagirathi river waters, has sparked fresh anger among residents in areas around the dam site. Renowned environmentalist Sunder…
A dam that will light homes and irrigate crop fields has also brought darkness and despair. Shishir Prashant lends a ear to the tales of woe of Tehri dwellers. Of nostalgia for what is lost, of broken promises, of helplessness. November is the month of…
Old Tehri is sinking and will soon vanish beneath the waters. Anirban Das Mahapatra takes a last look before its imminent submergence Travelling steadily downhill, the Maruti 800 suddenly comes to a grinding halt. Vikas Rawat, a 60-something resident of Dehra Dun, steps out of…
S M A KAZMI Posted online: Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 0019 hours IST DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 9: The waters of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers have gradually risen following the closure of all tunnels of the Tehri dam, submerging one village after another. In…
November 09, 2005 23:27 IST Villagers affected by the controversial Tehri hydel project, held demonstrations in Dehradun demanding a special package for dam oustees as Uttaranchal celeberated its fifth birthday on Wednesday. Residents of Chham and Mali Deval villages, which would be submerged shortly in…
Tehri dam Uttaranchal Chief Minister has not visited dam site to meet displaced people, says local Congress MLA S M A KAZMI Posted online: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 0139 hours IST DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 7: The closure of the last tunnel of the Tehri…
Sunday, November 6, 2005 (Tehri): The Uttaranchal High Court order to close Tunnel No: 2 of the Tehri Dam on river Bhagirathi for 40 days has in turn submerged old Tehri in the waters of the river. 50-year-old J S Bist once had a home…
Dehradun, Nov. 5 (PTI): The 280 MW Dhauliganga hydel project in Uttaranchal has been commissioned this week but not before creating cracks in the earth of a village on a hilltop on whose foothills the dam is built. A severe ‘slope instability’ problem had erupted…