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a. Urban Displaced Families: All the 5291 Urban families
of Old Tehri Town have been rehabilitated and Old Tehri
Town vacated.
b. Rural Displaced Families: All the Project affected
families (PAFs) residing upto El. 760 m have already been
rehabilitated. The balance families are being rehabilitated
pari-passu with the reservoir filling.
ENVIRONMENT:
All the required studies have been completed and their
reports submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests
(MOEF). These studies indicated that no environmental
damage would be caused by the construction of the project,
which cannot be remedied by adoption of appropriate
measures. For this purpose, Action Plans, wherever called
for, have been/are being implemented for environmental
upgradation.
Catchment Area Treatment in the high and very high
erodibility classification in entire area of 52,204 ha has
been completed. The compensatory afforestation in an
A view of part of old Tehri Town and lake reservoir
MINISTRY OF POWER
area of 4516 ha. has already been done in districts of
Jhansi and Lalitpur in U.P. The plantation done on nonforest
land is being converted into protected forest by
State Forest deptt.
A Botanical Garden located adjacent to the Reservoir in
an area of 14.28 ha at Koti in Tehri Garhwal has been set
up at project cost. The work of Maheseer Fish hatchery
for induced artificial breeding has been also been
completed.
2. KOTESHWAR HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT (400
MW):
The Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project is an integral part
of the 2400 MW Tehri Hydro Power Complex. Koteshwar
Project comprises a 97.5 m high concrete Dam and
Surface Power House, housing 4 units of 100 MW each
and is located around 22 Km. downstream of Tehri Dam.
Koteshwar Project is a run-off-river scheme with minimum
diurnal storage. The Koteshwar Project will regulate water
releases from Tehri Reservoir for irrigation purposes.
The Govt. of India has approved the execution of Koteshwar
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