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The work is based on fieldwork on two small urban centres namely Tehri of Uttaranchal and Barmer of Rajasthan under a research project Urban anthropology, initiated by the Anthropological Survey of India, during the period between 1998-2002. The study of Tehri town was undertaken just immediately before its submersion in to the Bhagirathi following the construction of huge dam implemented by Tehri Hydro-Electric Development Corporation, and release of water for the reservoir that was likely to effect this small town and its neighboring villages. On one hand, people on the brink of loosing home, struggling silently to continue their life and culture till that inevitable incident occurs and on the other struggle was on for arranging their future rehabilitation and sustenance. Though a small township called new Tehri was constructed 20 km. away from the present one, to rehabilitate the affected people, in reality the expectation of the affected people remained unfulfilled to a great extent. It is a story of the peoples sacrifice for greater cause and fighting for proper rightful rehabilitation, along with their continuation of day to day life and culture, Barmer, town is located amids

Author

Sibir Ranjan Das [and three others]

Publisher

Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, 2012.

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9788192297491

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences