Old Tehri town and several villages go under water following a court order to close the diversion canal and dam the Bhagirathi, while the scattered families' demands for compensation are yet to mat
Twenty nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the weak mountains for the incident. Many experts agree that the mountains of the region are fragile. The dam will have a huge reservoir that wou
LANDSLIDE AT PARBATI PROJECT: Twenty workers were trapped inside a tunnel at the Parbati hydroelectric power project in Himachal Pradesh following a landslide on August 7. The landslide, caused by a
July 29 was a black day for those residents of the old Tehri town who had decided to remain back. At around 2 pm, the water in the lake surrounding the almost empty town rose and entered their homes.
About 10 kilometres from old Tehri, as one travels upstream along the Bhagirathi, is Malidewal village, which has more than 300 families. This will be the first large village to be submerged when the
