bhakra dam

In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, a group of organizations of Himachalis settled in metropolitian cities known as The All India Himachal Social Organizations, has requested to include representations of bhakra dam oustees in the management of Bhakra Beas Management Board so that their long pending demands could be discussed at highest official platform.

Issue of rehabilitating bhakra dam oustees has now reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All India Himachal Social Organizations, an organization of Himachalis settled in metropolitian cities, in a memorandum submitted to him has requested to include representatives of bhakra dam oustees in the management of Bhakra Beas Management Board so that their long pending demands could be discussed at highest official platform.

Playing down fears of a tilt in the bhakra dam, where the water level has crossed the maximum mark, the authorities Monday said there was just a 1.05-inch deflection in the structure and there was no need to worry.

Manshi Asher of Himdhara, an NGO working for the rights of bhakra dam oustees, said 36,000 families had lost their homes and land to the project.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh said that all the left out bhakra dam oustees would be provided plots for construction of their houses in Bilaspur Town within two years.

bhakra dam was completed in 1970s but 40 years later people displaced for its construction are still struggling to get their dues from the government.

Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Tuesday held a grand function to mark the golden jubilee anniversary of the bhakra dam at Nangal.

Agricultural fields in several villages of Anandpur Sahib and Nurpur Bedi blocks of Ropar district were flooded on Saturday due to heavy rain and water being released from the bhakra dam.

Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) is likely to postpone or altogether skip an inspection that is vital to understand the condition of bhakra dam.

Irrigation experts from the region are concerned over bhakra dam not regaining its original form after water it is holding recedes. Experts say "dam deflection" is a routine phenomenon where the structure is minutely displaced when reservoir is filled and almost regains its form when the water is emptied.