Archives of Contemporary India

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NDJ Photograph No. 11
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
Scattered birch on the road from Gangotri to Gomukh. Landslides often take this road away, and each year it has to be rebuilt afresh.
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NDJ Photograph No. 12
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
A view of the avalanche debris submerging the path near Devgad beyond Gangotri.
1 pp.
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NDJ Photograph No. 13
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
Following the Devgad flood the Bhagirathi changed its course and partially destroyed this township of Gangotri.
1 pp.
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NDJ Photograph No. 14
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
A view of Kanorigad- the source of the 1978 massive landslide disaster in the Bhagirathi valley which in one stroke increased the river bed level at the Tehri Dam site by 13 feet, radically altering the projected capacity of the reservoir.
1 pp.
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NDJ Photograph No. 15
V. Audio Visual, 1978-1993
A. Photographs: Bhagirathi river valley & Tehri Dam site, 1978-1986
Undated
The lower area of the Dabrani land-slide continues to be very unstable and prone to continuous landslides. Pilgrims are seen trans-shipping across a landslide the rubble of which adds greatly to the silt-loads of the Bhagirathi river directly below the road.
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