The Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir bears testimony to the enormous human costs associated with hydroelectricity projects.
Pul Doda, once a thriving business centre for dozens of surrounding villages in the eastern part of Jammu district, is now half submerged in the river Chenab.
Until 2008 the town in Doda district was home to more than 400 families, mostly small traders, who were relatively prosperous for the region. It is now gone. The construction of Baglihar Hydroelectricity Project submerged the town. Most families were forcibly displaced and their lives descended into chaos.
Filmed, Directed and Edited by Raqib Hameed Naik for The Third Pole
Link: https://www.thethirdpole.net/2020/07/24/video-the-human-cost-of-the-baglihar-dam/