Q) Where is the Tehri Dam located?
Q) When and why was it built?
Q) How has it been helpful till now?
Q) Any important incident associated with the dam. If yes, what?
Q) States/Regions making use of the dam.
Q) Any 2/3 interesting facts associated with the dam.
Answers
Answer:
A preliminary investigation for the Tehri Dam project was completed in 1961 and its desing was completed in 1972 with a 600 MW capacity power plant based on the studies but was delayed due to financial, environment and social impacts.
Answer:
1. Uttarakhand
2. preliminary investigation for the Tehri Dam Project was completed in 1961 and its design was completed in 1972 and its construction began in 1978.
It was built because it is a multipurpose rock and earthfill embankment dam. The Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 megawatts.
3.The Tehri dam has been helpful by providing water for electricity generation, irrigation and drinking water.
4. An accident in a tunnel under construction at the Tehri dam site claims the lives of about 30 workers. The votaries of the mammoth 2,400 MW Tehri hydroelectric project may have felt victorious when the Supreme Court removed all legal hurdles before the construction of the dam in September 2003.
5. States are making use of the dam by getting water supply for irrigation and daily chores.
6. *The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India. Its length is 575 m and height is 260 m
* The construction cost was 250 crores