Sunder Lal Bahuguna, anti-dam activist, speaks against construction of Tehri Dam

Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away in May 2021. Let's hear what nuggets of wisdom and information he had to offer us, many decades back, in regard to his criticism of the Tehri Dam in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. "Why is the Tehri Dam being build? My question is for how long will we get water from the dam? We are told it will be for one hundred years. Will one hundred years be sufficient? Why should future generations also not benefit from something, if it is so useful. The other point is that something that benefits me should not cost you. A dam cannot be built just anywhere. The people who live here - should they not progress? What sort of progress is this that benefits some and pushes others out of their homes and villages?" "The most dangerous matter is that the Tehri Dam is being made in an earthquake prone zone. The dam makers say that the dam will withstand any sort of earthquake. But these are brittle mountains that keep moving and the rocks and bedrock keeps shifting. What if a large number of rocks fall and damage the dam? In one incident, the dam was strong but the rocks and landslides that fell and filled the dam did downstream damage of an extensive fashion..." "One needs water forever. Not for one hundred years only. We need permanent solutions. We need permanent dams. Those are Himalayan forests. Where there are forests, the river's flow does not get affected." This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube    / wildfilmsindia   for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience. Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and [email protected] To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?a... Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com