In the dense forests of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, on the India-Nepal border, the world’s tallest dam is being planned. It will come up on the Mahakali river, about 2.5 kilometres downstream of the confluence of the Saryu with the Mahakali and, with a height of 315 metres — measured from the deepest foundation level — it will be a full 10 metres higher than the Jinping-I dam in China.
The dam, known as the Pancheshwar Dam, is part of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP), which includes another. . .