Water for Welfare Secretariat. “Impact of Tehri Dam – Lessons Learnt.” IIT Roorkee. February 2008. Click here to read this report. Genre: Hydropower Dams & Water Diversions Articles, Tehri ArticlesSubjects: Hydropower Dams & Water Diversions, Tehri
Seth, B.S. “Prayers for a little.” Down to Earth. 31 August 2011. Prayers for a little By Bharat Lal Seth August 31, 2011 Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation How much water should flow in Indian rivers? Hydrologists have been…
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Post-Tehri Dam Irrigation Service and Modernization of Upper Ganga Canal System By Ravindra Kumar Abstract: Multiple uses of Upper Ganga Canal (UGC) water – serving thirsty towns, major water feeder to Agra irrigation canals (of Yamuna basin), producing power at many UGC drops, presently irrigating an average 0.6 million ha…
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Eassey, L. “India’s Tehri Dam: Stopping the Flow of Life?” Project Groundswell. Thursday 28 October 2011. India’s Tehri Dam: Stopping the Flow of Life? By Lakshmi Eassey Thursday, October 28, 2011 “There’s no means to live here anymore,” said Mooni Devi, a 42-year-old farmer in the village of Sau Upu…
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Tehri dam outstees to be rehabilitated again, threat of landslides eUttaranchal June 23, 2007 People living near the Tehri dam on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand are in trouble. Villages on the slopes overlooking the reservoir are threatened by increasing landslides and those living downstream, once ousted for the building…
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“Petition Regarding Stopping of Work on Tehri Dam Project and Amendment in Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) Plan to Save Ganga River from Pollution.” Click here to read this petition. Genre: Hydropower Dams & Water Diversions Articles, Tehri Articles, What Has Been Done & Current Activism ArticlesSubjects: Hydropower Dams &…
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Landslides major threat to villages in vicinity of Tehri dam, demand rehabilitation Jagran Post August 20, 2011 Tehri: Fear of landslides has created havoc in the mind of the villagers dwelling in about two dozen villages adjoining Tehri dam in Uttarakhand. Even as a major tragedy beckons these villages, the…
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“Ganga river: Tehri Dam.” Tehri Dam The most controversial Tehri dam is the main dam of the Tehri Hydro Project on the rivers Bhagirathi (one of the major tributary of the river Ganga) located near Tehri in Uttarakhand. It is a multi purpose river valley project, towering 855 feet (261…
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Shiva, V. “Captive Water: Privatising water will lead to war.” Resurgence Magazine, Issue 219. 20 July 2004. Captive Water: Privatising water will lead to war By Vandana Shiva July 20, 2004 THE RIGHT TO water is common to all beings and is a gift of creation; it is a natural…
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Prakash, S. “Fairness, Social Capital and the Commons: The Societal Foundations of Collective Action in the Himalaya.” in Goldman, M. ed. Privatizing Nature: Political Struggles for the Global Commons. London: Pluto Press, 1998. Pp.177-179. Genre: Environmental Issues Books, Tehri BooksSubjects: Environmental Issues, Tehri