Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
- W.B. Yeats
It was built between 1952 to 1964. Over 20 villages went underwater (36 probably), and the original forest area was split up into two by the reservoir. The remains of some of the trees that are underwater are still visible today.
