Sunderlal Bahuguna
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Sunderlal Bahuguna was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of the Chipko movement was suggested by his wife Vimla Bahuguna and him. He fought for the preservation of forest
A protest message against Tehri dam, which was steered by Sundarlal Bahuguna for years. It says "We don't want the dam. The dam is the mountain's destruction."
Sundarlal Bahuguna interacting with students of LB & SBS College, Sagar Shimoga
The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Vibhushan Award to Sunderlal Bahuguna at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 14 April 2009
Tehri Dam
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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, it is the tallest dam
Sunderlal Bahuguna
…him. He fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the anti-Tehri Dam movement from the 1980s to early 2004. He was one of the early environmentalists of India, and later he and others associated with the Chipko movement…
The dam in 2008
Tehri dam in November 2004
The main power house of Tehri Dam that houses four generators, each capable of producing 250 MW of power
Tehri dam in July 2008