Holy Water: Controversy on the Ganges

Holy Water: Controversy on the Ganges
Bharat Sikka for TIME

Grand Purpose
Tehri Dam, completed in 2006, is the grandest fulfillment of Jawaharlal Nehru's hope that dams would be the 'temples of modern India." The dam wall is 870 ft. (265 m) high, making it taller than the Hoover Dam.

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