Tehri Lake 

News: During the trial operation, the seaplane successfully took off from Jolly Grant Airport and landed at Koti Colony in the Tehri Lake area.

About Tehri Lake

• Location: It is Asia’s largest man-made lake, located in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand.
• Formation: Tehri Lake was formed when the waters of the Bhagirathi River were obstructed by the Tehri Dam, resulting in the submergence of Old Tehri town and several nearby villages.
  • Over time, as the reservoir filled, the valley transformed into a vast water body.
• Source: It is fed by the Bhagirathi and Bhilangna rivers, which meet at the Tehri dam.
• Height and depth: It is situated at an elevation of about 1,700 meters with depth of 262 meters approximately.
• It holds nearly 3.54 cubic kilometres of water and spreads across 42–52 square kilometres of surface area.
• It is surrounded by the Himalayan mountain ranges, dense pine forests, and terraced villages.
• Significance: The lake also supports the functioning of the Tehri Dam, which has a large power generation capacity of about 2,400 MW and supplies electricity to multiple states in northern India.
  • Sport activities: It hosts different sports activities, such as Jet Skiing, Flyboarding, Knee Boarding, Banana Ride, Surfing,etc.

About Tehri Dam It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam in Uttarakhand. Situated on: It is located on Bhagirathi river at 1.5km downstream of its confluence with river Bhilangana. Height: The height of the Tehri Dam is approximately 260.5 meters. Managed by: It is managed by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited, a subsidiary of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited. Installed Capacity: Its installed hydro capacity is 1,000 MW along with an additional 1,000 MW of pumped storage hydroelectricity.