Shimla: Old temples that backwaters of Bhakra Dam submerged in the early 1960’s along with the older township of Bilaspur are to be relocated and the restored.
Presiding over a relief and rehabilitation committee meet of those affected by construction the country’s first large dam, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that services of archeologists would be requisitioned to relocate the ancient temples submerged in the dam waters.
“Land for relocating and restoring these heritage temples is being identified,” he said.
After completion, the Bhakra Dam was commissioned on 22nd October 1963 but not before scare 31,191 acres of arable land spread over 256 villages, the old town of Bilaspur centered around the Mandu Maidan with all its heritage structures including temples was submerged.
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