"Bhakra Nangal Project is something tremendous, something stupendous, something which shakes you up when you see it. Bhakra, the new temple of resurgent India, is the symbol of India’s progress."
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Pt. Nehru at the dedication ceremony of the dam to the nation on 22nd October 1963. In Developmental History of Bhakra – Nangal Dam Project
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