began the formidable Nanda dynasty. There is unanimity among scholars that the Nanda rulers were of non-Kshatriya and humble origin. To the Nanda rulers‚ especially Mahapadma‚ belong the credit of expanding the authority of Magadha over the entire Ganga valley and possibly‚ Kalinga too. Because of Magadha’s access to considerable resources from the agrarian sector‚ its rulers were able to keep a huge standing army and they were undoubtedly the most formidable power in north India at the time of the
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Draft Water Safety Plan For Kandana Water Treatment Plant Step 1: Catchment and intake Source: Surface water: Kalu Ganga Capacity (Max.): 60‚000 m3/day Kalu Ganga • Kalu Ganga is the second largest river basin (2719 km2)‚ starting from central hills (2250m) and running across the wet zone. • Main sources of water of the river are mountainous forests in the central province and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. • Largest amount of water (4000 m3) is discharged to the sea at
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floods in some parts and famines in other parts. The great Tamil poet‚ Bharathi had a dream of uniting Ganga and Kaveri. He also emphasized the need for the sharing of river waters. He said‚ and thus sowed the seed for the linking of rivers. Late Sri.C.P.ramaswamy Iyer also had a plan to link the rivers Ganga and Kaveri. He had once said that by linking the rivers – Ganga‚ Thungabadra‚ Krishna‚ Saraswathi and Kaveri – not only the country will prosper but also it will enable the
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abundant on the face of the earth‚ but in reality‚ it has come to mean scarce commodity. 2. River water disputes have become acrimonious from North to South and from East to West. We have Indus water Treaty with Pakistan‚ another with Bangladesh over Ganga water. 3. There have been disputes between Delhi and Haryana over Yamuna‚ Karnataka and Andhra over Krishna; Kerala and Karnataka over Mullaiperiyar. But what made the nation wake up was the dispute over cauvery waters. 4. It is in this context
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|Nanda Devi National Park | |IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve) | |[pic] | |[pic] | |Location |Uttarakhand‚ India | |Coordinates |[pic]30°25′7″N 79°50′59″E / 30.41861°N | | |79.84972°E / 30.41861; 79.84972Coordinates: | |
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visited that hospital for my scheduled checkup‚then I came to know a shocking news-that allergy case was the case of Ganga bath!! Alas! Holy river Ganga‚ ancient river Ganga ‚that Ganga which takes away all the sins from mankind‚ today causing allergy‚irritation‚skin rashes!!! that man has to pay price for his religious belief… Also scientists got some samples from Ganga from specific places having disease causing microbes.This small case itself indicate the change we have made in our
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Judicial Response to Environmental Issues in India “No one can tell what the law is until the courts decide it. The judges do everyday though it is almost hearsay to say so‚ if the truth is recognized then we may hope to escape from the dead hand of the past and consciously mould new principles to meet the needs of the present.” C.J. Hamson
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aspects of the religion and is something to be valued by all Hindu people.In Hinduism‚ the river Ganges Which is the river that is referenced all throughout the “River of Love” is considered sacred and is personified as the goddess Yamuna known as Ganga. It is worshipped by Hindus‚ and the people of the Braj that bathing in the river causes the remission of sins and
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CHAPTER 14 INDIA’S PENINSULAR PLATEAU The Peninsular Plateau is a vast area stretching over much of India. It consists of undulating land‚ which is somewhat higher than the coastal plains to the east and west or the flat Northern Plain of the Ganga and the Satluj. Look at a 3-dimensional plastic relief map of India to get a better idea of the Peninsular Plateau. The large part of the plateau lying to the south of the Narmada River is called the Deccan Plateau. The part to the north of the Narmada
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Haryana and Punjab. The intense monsoon rains from southwest causes rivers like Brahmaputra‚ Ganga‚ Yamuna etc. to swell their banks‚ which in turn floods the adjacent areas. Over the past few decades‚ central India has become familiar with precipitation events like torrential rains and flash floods. The major flood prone areas in India are the river banks and deltas of Ravi‚ Yamuna-Sahibi‚ Gandak‚ Sutlej‚ Ganga‚ Ghaggar‚ Kosi‚ Teesta‚ Brahmaputra‚ Mahanadi‚ Mahananda‚ Damodar‚ Godavari‚ Mayurakshi
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