Tehri Lake in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand: Artificial Reservoir Formed by Tehri Dam

Two paraglider pilots are rescued by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) after falling into Tehri Lake during the three-day Acro Festival & SIV Championship Tehri 2026 in Uttarakhand.

Tehri Lake (Tehri Dam Reservoir) and Tehri Dam: 

Dimension	Key Details
Location	Artificial dam reservoir located in Tehri Garhwal town of Uttarakhand.
Formation mechanism	Comprises a reservoir that came into existence during the construction of Tehri Dam when water from the Bhagirathi River was diverted to fill the dam reservoir.
Elevation	Lies at an elevation of 1,700 meters.
Physical dimensions	Depth is around 262 meters; length is 42 kms.
Purposes	Supplying water for generating electricity, drinking, and irrigation.
Type and river	Multipurpose dam built on the Bhagirathi River in the Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
Bhagirathi River	One of the source streams of the Ganges River.
Height-related facts	Reaches a height of 260 meters; provides for one of the tallest dams in the world and the tallest dam in India.
Completion year	Construction was completed in 2006.
Dam type	Earth and rock-fill dam.
Primary purpose	Generate hydroelectricity.
Hydro capacity	Installed hydro capacity is 1,000 MW along with an additional 1,000 MW of pumped storage hydroelectricity.
Management	Governed by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited, a subsidiary of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.