Plant Diversity in the Tehri Dam Submersible Area

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The earlier studies on the vegetation of Tehri, broadly encompassing the entire district as a whole, made by Dr. U.C. Bhattacharyya and Dr. A.K. Goel in 1982, included twelve rare and threatened species from the area. This prompted the ministry of environment & forests to have a fresh look, especially on the rare and endangered plants, and the responsibility was once again assigned to the northern circle, Botanical Survey of India, Dehra Dun. The present work by the scientists of the circle is an outcome of the explorations taken during 1992-93 exclusively in the submersible area of the proposed reservoir and study of earlier collections and literature. The report discusses thredbare the status of rare and endangered plant species and sets at rest all speculation about the impact of the proposed dam on these taxa. The report, along with a list of useful plants, may be helpful to the Tehri Hydro Development Authorities in planning and carrying out afforestation programmes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.P. Uniyal

Sri B.P. Uniyal is a retired Botanist and worked with the Botanical Survey of India in different capacities. He joined the department inApril 1964 at Northern circle. Dehradun and also worked at Eastern circle, Shillong and Central National Herbarium, Howrah for brief periods. During his active service he explored parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Uttaranchal and collected thousands of specimens. He also participated in the Panchachuli Multi-Dimensional expeditioin organized by the Army in 1998. He is author of 11 books and co-editor of three volumes of Flora of India. He has also published abkut 40 research papers in different Indian and foreign scientific journals.