A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
NDJ Photograph No. 6
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
A view of the road to Gomukh near Bhojbasa, showing unstable mountain slopes from which landslides occur frequently often blocking the Bhagirathi river, and causing sudden floods when the blockage bursts.
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
A view of Bhojbasa, 4 km downstream of Gomukh, so named from an abundance of birch (or bhojpatra) forests - the only tree species that occur at such Himalayan heights - which have now been completely denuded from such very fragile upper reaches of the Bhagirathi valley. The disappearance of such protective vegetation has destabilized the valley and greatly increased the silt-load of the river in recent years, which inevitably affects the reservoir by shortening its life.
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
Some years ago, a heavy flood in the Devgad Tributary of the Bhagirathi caused a big landslide that altered the course of the Bhagirathi and caused serious damage to the Gangotri township. The picture shows the devastating landslide indicating the cataclysmic nature of devastation which is now a frequent occurrence which will have serious destabilising repercussions on the artificial dam proposed at Tehri.
