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     Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5100 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.213.212.90 Rating: N/A |
How Tehri dam held Ganga and saved Rishikesh, Haridwar Pradeep Thakur, TNN | Jun 27, 2013, 04.24 AM IST NEW DELHI: The water levels in Tehri dam were low at the start of the monsoon. This proved a critical factor in the dam retaining waters of an engorged Bhagirathi and preventing a 10-12 feet rise in the Ganga at Rishikesh that could have been ruinous for the town and its ashrams. A report said the fury of nature in Uttarakhand was such that waters rose as high as a four-storey building at Devprayag, where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi meet, in a 24-hour period after the June 16-17 cloud burst. The rise at Devprayag, Rishikesh and Haridwar could have been much higher but for the Tehri dam. On the morning of June 16, the discharge of water in Bhagirathi was 18,600 cusecs at the Tehri site, by evening, it went up to 1,05,000 cusecs and next morning it touched 2,44,000 cusecs. This led to a phenomenal rise in the river level at Devprayag by 11 meters. The inflow from Alaknanda was already 2,45,000 cusecs by then. This rise was unprecedented - said officials of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) who made the first assessment of the flash floods -- and could have resulted in total destruction of Rishikesh town and much of Haridwar if flow of Bhagirathi was not contained by the Tehri reservoir. Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna had in an interview told TOI that but for the Tehri dam, Rishkesh, Haridwar and parts of western UP would have been inundated. As it was the start of the monsoon season and the Tehri reservoir was relatively empty, authorities retained 95% of Bhagirathi's fury and maintained a release of only 14,000 cusecs instead of 2,44,000 cusecs and prevented a rise in water level by at least 5 meters (more than 16 feet) in Devprayag and 10-12 feet at Rishikesh, about 60 km away as the river flows. "All ashrams along the Ganges in Rishikesh would have been washed away and Ram Jhula would have been submerged if the river level had further gone up by even 3 meters," said D V Singh, director technical of THDC. The strong currents of the river would have damaged the weak embankments and destroyed structures along the river bank, he said. Haridwar too would have witnessed largescale devastation with any further rise in water level even by 2 meters under such circumstances. At Devprayag, the confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda, the river level was 458.25 m at 11 am on June 16, the next day around the same time, the rise in water level was by 11 meters to 469.10 m. "It would have been a catastrophe downstream of Devprayag, in Rishikesh and Haridwar, if instead of 14,000 cusecs, 2,44,000 cusecs was added from Bhagirathi," Singh said, adding that Tehri dam was effectively used to regulate water levels and avoid flooding downstream. "In Haridwar, the river level would have risen from maximum level of 295.90 m (1.9 m above danger level mark) by around 3 meters creating a catastrophe. All low lying areas would have been completely submerged and eroded due to ferocity of flowing water," the official said. Unlike Bhagirathi, there was no storage on Alaknanda, the reason why flood waters flew uninterrupted, creating a flood like situation after Devprayag. THDC officials rejected arguments that dams were causing floods. Instead they advocated "a right blend of storage dams with ROR (run of the river) projects in each basin to mitigate flood fury". | ||
| Kingaa_bongaa Hero Username: Kingaa_bongaa Post Number: 17457 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.1.119.39 Rating: N/A |
yes this is the right time, and floods are best thing to happen. normal situation lo relocate chesthaam ani evarannaa decision theeskunte naa saami rangaa cant imagine that politics. Manaki Manam Kingu, Choosevallaki Bongu. | ||
| Chiru_fan Hero Username: Chiru_fan Post Number: 18283 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 8.28.19.76 Rating: N/A |
Iamim...thank you so much for such a wonderful thread! amazing pictures! CHIRU - SACHIN - FEDERER | ||
| Okahyderabadi Side Hero Username: Okahyderabadi Post Number: 3986 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 157.130.154.114 Rating: N/A |
srusti tana pani taanu chesukoni potundi ane daniki nidarsanam, we can expect more soon. Tehri dam can lead to many more issues in this geologically sensitive place. This dam is being constructed in violation of all norms and hopefully it would not be a costly mistake that we have to pay the price in future In history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject research leads to new things every day | ||
| Tilak Hero Username: Tilak Post Number: 16527 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 125.22.249.81 Rating: N/A |
Spiritually .. this is a classic reset .. "Congress Mukt Bharat" - www.narendramodi.in | ||
| Bushu Side Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 6725 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 24.61.12.115 Rating: N/A |
they should dislocate the human settlements from so close and move them like a kilometer away. balupu s/o gelupu | ||
| Jalsa Hero Username: Jalsa Post Number: 19460 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.46.140 Rating: N/A |
awesome!!! | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5092 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.221.197.30 Rating: N/A |
How the Kedarnath Temple survived The Kedarnath valley was the epicenter of the 2013 Himalayan 'tsunami.' Heavy monsoon rains and the resulting landslides washed away most modern constructions in its wake but the 1200 year old Kedarnath temple survived. The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee in Dehradun, Uttarakhand said that the temple is almost unscathed and the statue of Nandi outside the temple door is also intact. All pilgrims who took refuge in the temple during the tragedy also survived while the destruction all around the temple is close to complete annihilation. The temple's strength in survive such a disaster can be attributed to ancient Indian architectural wisdom. According to journalist Nandkumar Kamat, "India would survive the challenge of climate change only if traditional wisdom is combined with ecological sensitivity and appropriate, locally suitable modern technology in architecture and civil engineering. The evidence comes from miraculous survival of a man-made structure - the Kedarnath temple." The survival of the Kedarnath temple is owing mainly to the architectural principles used in designing and building it: "Heavy polished stone slabs were welded to slabs without any mortar and 'man-woman' type joints were used to integrate the superstructure. Kedarnath temple survived the force of floods because of a strong stone plinth specifically built in the steep valley area to withstand the vagaries of the climate." | ||
| Bayarea_bullodu Junior Artist Username: Bayarea_bullodu Post Number: 583 Registered: 07-2012 Posted From: 71.198.229.199 Rating: N/A |
aa lingam kinda basement lo shankaracharya samadhi untadi... Ustaaad ke pattey hain hum ! | ||
| Jalsa Hero Username: Jalsa Post Number: 19459 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.110.140 Rating: N/A |
asalu antha altitude lo ela kattaaro...aa spatika lingam photo is very good. | ||
| Ruj Side Hero Username: Ruj Post Number: 9851 Registered: 03-2007 Posted From: 170.202.122.1 Rating: N/A |
entha bavunayo patha pictures...human settlement allow cheyalsindhi kaadu chutturaa.. india needs to get rid of sickular-bans..sickular-bans suck | ||
| Jalsa Hero Username: Jalsa Post Number: 19458 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.78.141 Rating: N/A |
Last picture lo impact choopinchaaru. everything is submerged almost. | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5091 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.221.197.30 Rating: |
http://timesofindia.speakingtree.in/spiritual-slideshow/seek ers/pilgrimage/kedarnath-through-century-old-photo-to-till-d ateoriginal/16098 |
