New Tehri

 Location

New Tehri is the district headquater of Tehri Garhwal. It is situated at an elevation between 1550 to 1950 mts. Above sea level. It is a modern and well planned town, only 11 Kms. From Chamba & 24 Kms. From Old Tehri, it overlooks a massive artificial lake and a Dam. After the completion of dam it will be one of the most attractive and one of the beautiful tourist spot of Tehri.

New Tehri - The newly built well planned modern town nestles at a height of 1,550 metres overlooking the massive artificial lake and Tehri dam built on the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana river. It has taken over as district headquarters of Tehri Garhwal from the Old Tehri town and was established to rehabilitate the Old Tehri, which will be submerged into the waters of the Tehri Dam. In fact New Tehri is considered to be Asia's most comprehensive and successful rehabilitation programme. The gleaming township has developed into a lovely hill resort.
 
OLD TEHRI

It is 16 kms from New Tehri and 84 kms from Rishikesh on the confluence of Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers. This transit point to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath was chosen as the capital of Tehri Garhwal by Raja Sudarshan Shah after the expulsion of the Gurkhas with the help of the East India Company in 1815. The town is studded with historical buildings and temples. 

Tehri District Stats

District Headquarters: New Tehri
Area: 4085 sq km
Total Population: 604,747
Literacy Rate: 67.04%

History

The old town of Tehri lies at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangna rivers, the site of the Tehri dam. In the eighteenth century the ships of the East India Company would call at the port city of Tehri.^[1] The town of Tehri was evacuated to make space for the Tehri dam, and the population has been shifted to the town of New Tehri. The town is famous as the site of protests against the dam by Sundarlal Bahuguna and his followers during the Chipko movement.

Tehri was the capital of the princely state of Tehri Garhwal (Garhwal Kingdom) in British India, which had an area of 4,180 square miles (10,800 km²), and a population of 268,885 in 1901. It adjoined the district of Garhwal, and its topographical features are similar. It contained the sources of both the Ganges and the Yamuna, which are visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims. The location of Tehri Dam, which is Asia's largest man made lake, has totaly submerged the old tehri town and now headquter of tehri district is known as New Tehri.This lake is 260 metters deep and having potential to produce 2400 MW electricity along with great importance for North India which provide grate volume of water for cultivation and for daily use. this lake is now becoming a great tourist destination in fact view from New Tehri of this lake is spectecular.

Tourist Places

Tehri district has lot of option for tourists to spend their leisure. This division contains lot of options for tourism and has lot of religious places also. Most visited places of Tehri are Devi koonjapuri temple and chandrabadni while Tracking route of Mahasar taal , Sehstra talal and Khatling glacier is very much popular among foreigner tourists and are being developed.Some areas of tehri is viewable but neglected by Uttrakhand Government such places are Panwali Kantha,Belhbagi Bugyal and Khait parvat ,here no attention is given by government but these places have potential to attract tourists and tracker.New headquarter New Tehri can be looked as a future tourist spot here view of spectacular tehri lake can be viewed.

New Tehri : General Facts

New Tehri is the icon of progressive development and pride for its people. New Tehri is a model town, which came into existence after the old Tehri Town submerged. Heeding the need of the hour, to provide Electricity for the Tehri region, a huge Dam project on the massive Bhagirathi River was Planned. Due to the dam, the old Tehri Town submerged in water, which brought the idea of a model Town (New Tehri) to life. Today this model Town is reality and is Asia's most comprehensive Resettlement exercise. New Tehri is situated on the banks of the Dam the beauty of which makes an attractive tourist spot.