Ancient town of Tehri disappears under a dam!

  • 5 years ago
See the old abandoned clock tower that once provided the time to thousands of the town's residents. Now Tehri is a ghost town, mostly submerged within the Tehri dam! See an old temple too - it couldn't do much to save itself...

See dam building infrastructure coming up during the construction phase, in Uttarakhand, India.

Tehri garhwal, a beautiful and progressive travel spot in Uttaranchal - now Uttarakhand. Tehri dam is built on Bhagirathi-Bhilangana rivers which is also the latest and major happening in Tehri Garhwal. Tehri is now becoming the main focus of tourism industry in Uttarakhand due to the recent major developments in the area.

Uttaranchal or Uttarakhand is famous for its outstanding natural beauty, the northern parts are basically lies in greater himalaya ranges which is covered by high himalayan peaks and glaciers. Ganges and Yamuna mainly originates from Gangotri and Yamunotri which are considered as the divine sources. You can consider this particular section as a collection of Uttaranchal or Uttarakhand photographs, Uttaranchal pictures or Uttaranchal images, showing some of the best natural photographs and images from lovely Uttaranchal.

Source - www.mytehri.com/tehri_photogallery

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