Tehri Dam
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tehri-dam-187-14348070
title:
Tehri Dam
text:
The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft), it is the tallest dam in India and the 13th-tallest dam in the world. It is the primary dam of THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. The dam begun construction in 1978 and was completed in 2006. It withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 megawatts (
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description:
Dam in Uttarakhand, India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehri_Dam
date created:
2005-01-23T11:03:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:57:27Z
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