As the Delhi-NCR region and Uttarakhand fall in seismic zone 5, the danger is greater as Tehri Dam, one of the world’s largest dams, is also located here. The geologists stated that if an ...

In June 2017, the Reserve Bank of India sent shockwaves through the nation as it disclosed a list of the country’s twelve biggest defaulters who were responsible for approximately a quarter of all bad ...

Dehradun/Rudrapur: Five people drowned in separate incidents while bathing in rivers, a dam, and a reservoir in Nainital, ...

Beyond environmental battles, she led efforts against liquor shops harming rural communities and fiercely opposed the Tehri Dam, spotlighting the human costs of large-scale development. Eschewing fame ...

But leave she did, time and again, for tasks even more acute, ever more urgent. Plans were afoot since the mid-1970s to build a big dam at Tehri, on the Bhagirathi River, source headstream of the ...

Located at an altitude of 2,700 meters, the Chandrabadni Temple is a sacred Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Chandrabadni. The temple offers breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and ...

Moreover, cutting of the hills for construction and increased rains due to the increased catchment area of the Tehri Dam have also increased Uttarakhand’s vulnerability to natural calamities.

The terrain factors were examined to check its relation to land cover changes. The result shows high forest clearance along the Tehri Dam, more on a moderately steep slope (40%) and predominantly in ...

Rs 625 crore has been allocated for the Jamrani Dam, Rs 75 crore for the Song Dam ... Rs 100 crore has been allocated for the development of Tehri Lake, Rs 25 crore for the Manskhanda Scheme ...