Tehri Dam

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The highest dam in India and the fifth highest in the world. It has become popular for adventure tourism activities such kayaking and jet skiing.

The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft), it is the tallest dam in India and the 13th-tallest dam in the world. It is the primary dam of THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. The dam begun construction in 1978 and was completed in 2006. It withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and hydroelectricity. The dam's 1,000 MW variable-speed pumped-storage scheme is nearing completion.
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