(2) The Tehri Dam, a multipurposerock and earth-fillembankment dam on the BhagirathiRiver near Tehri in Uttarakhand,is the tallest damin India. It is a 260.5 m (855ft) high rock and earth-fillembankment dam. It is theprimary dam of the THDC IndiaLtd. and the Tehri hydroelectriccomplex.