Press Trust of India
Dehra Dun, November 27, 2005
The closure of last diversion tunnel of the controversial 2400 MW Tehri hydel project, that had blocked the Bhagirathi river waters, has sparked fresh anger among residents in areas around the dam site.
Renowned environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna, who opposed the dam on seismic grounds, is also upset with [...]

New Delhi | November 25, 2005 7:38:38 PM IST
The Supreme Court today gave a go-ahead to the construction of an over 138 km road adjoining the Jim Corbett National Park to connect Nainital to Dehradun.
The court, which had stayed the construction of the road which was earlier proposed to pass through the Tiger Reserve, gave [...]

Dehra Dun, Nov. 21 (PTI): Uttaranchal Government would rope in a Delhi-based private organisation to conduct a survey on what could be the permanent capital for the hill state, official sources said here Sunday.
An agreement in this regard would soon be signed between the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture and the state government, the [...]

A dam that will light homes and irrigate crop fields has also brought darkness and despair. Shishir Prashant lends a ear to the tales of woe of Tehri dwellers. Of nostalgia for what is lost, of broken promises, of helplessness.
November is the month of weddings in the Garhwal hills. But this year, the weddings will [...]

Old Tehri is sinking and will soon vanish beneath the waters. Anirban Das Mahapatra takes a last look before its imminent submergence
Travelling steadily downhill, the Maruti 800 suddenly comes to a grinding halt. Vikas Rawat, a 60-something resident of Dehra Dun, steps out of the car and perches himself on a concrete barrier at the [...]

S M A KAZMI
Posted online: Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 0019 hours IST
DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 9: The waters of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers have gradually risen following the closure of all tunnels of the Tehri dam, submerging one village after another. In response, the affected people of Tehri district today boycotted the fifth anniversary [...]

November 09, 2005 23:27 IST
Villagers affected by the controversial Tehri hydel project, held demonstrations in Dehradun demanding a special package for dam oustees as Uttaranchal celeberated its fifth birthday on Wednesday.
Residents of Chham and Mali Deval villages, which would be submerged shortly in Bhagirathi reservoir, took to the streets demanding adequate compensation for those who [...]

Tehri dam Uttaranchal Chief Minister has not visited dam site to meet displaced people, says local Congress MLA
S M A KAZMI
Posted online: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 0139 hours IST
DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 7: The closure of the last tunnel of the Tehri Dam leading to the slow submergence of old Tehri town has become a [...]

Sunday, November 6, 2005 (Tehri):
The Uttaranchal High Court order to close Tunnel No: 2 of the Tehri Dam on river Bhagirathi for 40 days has in turn submerged old Tehri in the waters of the river.
50-year-old J S Bist once had a home in old Tehri.
“It’s heart breaking to remember what it was like before, [...]

Dehradun, Nov. 5 (PTI): The 280 MW Dhauliganga hydel project in Uttaranchal has been commissioned this week but not before creating cracks in the earth of a village on a hilltop on whose foothills the dam is built.
A severe ’slope instability’ problem had erupted after the dam authorities released water inside the 5.5 km-long underground [...]