{"id":84919,"date":"2026-01-30T13:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84919"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:34:14","slug":"tehri-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tehri-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehri Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tehri Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two paraglider pilots were rescued by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) recently after they lost control and fell into Tehri Lake during the three-day Acro Festival &amp; SIV Championship Tehri 2026. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tehri Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an<\/span><b> artificial dam reservoir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the Tehri Garhwal town of <\/span><b>Uttarakhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>came into existence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the c<\/span><b>onstruction of Tehri Dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when the <\/span><b>water from the Bhagirathi River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was<\/span><b> diverted to fill the dam reservoir.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at an elevation of 1,700 meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The depth of Tehri Lake is around 262 meters, and the length is 42 kms.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Filled with multi-purpose rock and earth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tehri Dam Lake was created with the motive of supplying water for generating electricity, drinking, and irrigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>surrounded by the majestic Himalayan mountains,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it a picturesque destination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Tehri Dam<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multipurpose dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built on the<\/span><b> Bhagirathi River (one of the source streams of the Ganges <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River) in the Garhwal district of <\/span><b>Uttarakhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reaching a height of <\/span><b>260 meters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is <\/span><b>one of the tallest dams in the world <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>the tallest dam in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>construction <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Tehri Dam was <\/span><b>completed in 2006.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>earth and rock-fill dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and its primary purpose is to <\/span><b>generate hydroelectricity.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>installed hydro capacity is 1,000 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with an a<\/span><b>dditional 1,000 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>pumped storage hydroelectricity.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>managed by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>subsidiary of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the National Thermal Power Corporation <\/span><b>(NTPC) Limited.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/mid-air-chaos-at-uttarakhands-tehri-2-paragliders-crash-into-lake-sdrf-beats-the-clock-video-viral\/articleshow\/127790580.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehri Lake is an artificial dam reservoir located in the Tehri Garhwal town of Uttarakhand. 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