The Ganga Project Introduction “Throwing her head in a swirl of ice spray‚ in pride and defiance creeping round lovingly some favoured rock to rush down joyously over the boulders hurling herself with a mighty shout over some great precipice…smiling and dancing in the morning sunlight and dark and gloomy and full of mysteries in the evening shadow‚ a narrow‚ slow and graceful stream in the winter‚ vast and roaring during the monsoon.”- Jawaharlal Nehru. The Ganga is the most sacred river
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cred A traditional means of biodiversity conservation‚ these groves can be considered the ancient equivalent of natural sanctuaries where No one is permitted to cut any tree or plant‚ or harm any form of life in this area. Ancient Indian texts have many references to sacred groves‚ for example‚ Kalidaasa’s Vikramorvawsiyam. Today‚ there are only about 1000 square kilometres of undisturbed sacred groves‚ scattered in patches all over the country.. These groves are important today as they are banks
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The entire northern hilly region falls under the influence of the Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir comprises three distinct regions: Leh‚ the Kashmir Valley and Jammu. Leh slopes gradually towards the north and northeast‚ while the Kashmir Valley slopes toward the south of the Himalayan axis. The hilly region of Uttar Pradesh consists of a Himalayan tract in the extreme north and comprises Almora‚ Garhwal and Nainital. Himachal Pradesh is traversed by hills ranging in altitude from low to high. Occupation
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LIST OF MEMBERS OF EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (INDUSTRY-1) S.N. Name and Address S.N. Name and Address 1. DR. T.S. VIJAYARAGHAWAN IAS (RTD) Chairman‚ 81-Valmiki Street Thiruvanmiyur-600 041 Chennai E-mail: tsvijay2002@yahoo.co.in 2. SHRI SHIBAN RAINA Vice Chairman F-704‚ BPTP ‚ PARK GRANDEURA SECTOR- 82‚ FARIDABAD --- HARYANA. E-mail: shibanjiraina@yahoo.com / shibanjiraina@gmail.com 3. PROF. R.C. GUPTA Former Head Department of Metallurgical Engineering (A Centre of
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PRESERVING NATURE VS. RESHAPING NATURE Critical analysis of recent floods in Uttarakhand ______________________________________________________________________________ “The environmentalist goal of ‘preserving nature’ unavoidably conflicts with the requirements of human life: Man ’s basic means of survival is to reshape nature to serve his ends‚ to take the raw materials of his environment and use them to produce values. This requires "touching" nature‚ not leaving it untouched” ____
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Aarti Dhar Share • print • T+ Could the Uttarakhand tragedy have been avoided‚ or at least minimised? There is no simple answer. Environmentalists describe the death and damages as a man-made disaster while geologists say the extent of destruction could have been far lesser if stricter regulations were in place and authorities were equipped to deal with the situation. Importantly‚ the events focus attention on the debate on the December 18‚ 2012 notification of the Ministry
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POOJA KHETWAL | E-mail: pooja.khetwal57@gmail.com / Mobile: +91 7409390944/Add: : Bagnath Printing Press Bus Station Bageshwar District Uttrakhand- 263642/ DOB: 19th March‚ 1991 | CAREER OBJECTIVE: | Being a highly motivated and determined individual‚ I wish to work in a company that would utilize my potential to the fullest and provide me a solid foundation to build my career into the versatile world of software development. Being technically skilled‚ I will prove as a great asset to the
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Ganga Soap: Brand: Ganga Company: Godrej If the Western Media’s projection or prejudice about the social and cultural makeup of India was correct‚ then Ganga soap would have been the most sold soap brand in the world. Those who have been watching India specific programs in BBC and National Geographic may wonder how such a brand can fail in the land of elephants and Sadhus. Ganga soap was launched with much fanfare in 1993. The soap was positioned on the religious platform and was claimed
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Almora Earlier Almora was ruled by the Katyuri kings. The Katarmal Surya temple which is near about 15 km away from the main market was made by them. In order to clean the utensils of the temple sour grasses such as almoda‚ chalmoda‚ bhilmoda‚ kilmoda etc. was daily brought there by the inhabitants known as almodias. On account of carrying the almodia grass by the inhabitants this town came to known as Almora. It is located between north latitude 28°59ʹ and 30°49ʹ and between east longitude 70°2ʹ
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Chipko Movement‚ started in 1970’s‚ was a non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. Chipko movement was based on the Gandhian philosophy of peaceful resistance to achieve the goals. It was the strong uprising against the against those people‚ who were destroying the natural resources
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