Photos from our trip to Renuka Valley in Himachal Pradesh, where a proposed dam has recently received environmental clearance to be built to bring water to Delhi. (For more, see our post “A Valley is a Terrible Thing to Waste“).
A monkey in front of Renuka Lake. The lake, which could potentially be submerged by the dam, is located near Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bridge in the dam submergence area
Renuka Dam submergence area
Another view of just one small part of the submergence area
Puran Chand, who guided us through our entire Renuka journey
Tarini films as Puran Chand talks to residents of villages that will be affected by the Renuka dam
These guys are standing outside a flour mill powered by the flowing river water. A really interesting example of appropriate technology.
Our new crew member. Look for some of his work in the Renuka Valley sequence of our film.
Tarini talks to journalists. We were featured in THREE Himachal newspapers!
The Groundwater Up team with our Renuka friends. Thanks for spending so much time with us!
On the main roads of Delhi city 100 year old trees are destroyed by the municipality and electricity distribution companies by pouring buckets of acid in the roots and there is nothing that we can do. I weep – I weep for the people, the flora and fauna of Renuka-ji. Is this the Democracy we have sacrificed everything for???. Vote bank politics finally rules in India be it any political party- whoever. I do not have a single hope for this country. We have been systematically sold out to the petty roadside property dealer mafia