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Trek from Gangotri to Gaumukh

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Gaumukh is the origin place of one of the sacred river of India i.e. Ganga. The place is situated between the serene beauty of Inner Himalaya in the state of Uttarakhand. Its a very pleasant trek, snow covered mountain will follow you all along and the beauty you will come across is beyond words. Gaumukh is situated in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state of India. It is 18 km. ahead of main temple of Ganga in Gangotri, so most of the pilgrimage go to the Gangotri but few daring one complete their journey by traveling the trek of 18 km to Gaumukh.
Journey starts from Dehradun the capital city of Uttarakhand. You have to depart early in the morning if you want to complete the journey to Gangotri in one day. You can either go through jeep or the state government bus service to Uttarkashi.

Gangotri is again 100 km from Uttarakashi, usually you could find jeep to Gangotri till 3 PM. After reaching Gangotri arrange for a hotel or you can also accommodate in ashram.

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Integrated Guided Missile Development Program(IGMDP)

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During the Sino-Indian War in 1962, which it lost terribly, India felt the need of ingenious missile system. Keeping in mind the same need for  missile system for Indian forces, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched  the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) in July 26, 1983. The principal aim of IGMDP  was to develop a family of strategic and tactical guided missiles based on local design and development for three defence services.
Dr. Abdul Kalam, who had previously been the project director for the SLV-3 programme at ISRO, was inducted as the DRDL(Defence Research & Development Laboratory) Director in 1983 to conceive and lead it. Dr. Kalam, headed a Missile Study Team to weigh the feasibility of the programme. Keeping in mind the requireme…
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Harmful impacts of slums on society and people living in it

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The rapid urbanization in conjugation with  industrialization has resulted in the growth of slums. As we have discussed in previous post that how the shortage of land for housing, the high prices of land beyond the reach of urban poor and a large influx of rural migrants to the cities fuelling the development of slums. These slums give rise to many problems in the urban areas. The major problems of slums in India are as follows:- Shortage of space: About 77.6% of the urban dwellers in Mumbai reside in one room and lakhs of them sleeps on the footpath. About 62% of the households of the metropolis reside in these slums. This give rise to the problem of shortage of space.
Prone to natural and man-made hazards: As in slums, houses are crammed in a little space, they are often prone to dangerous hazards like floods, water logging, fire etc. Extent of hazard is increased because of high population density. The slum areas of Delhi specially Yamuna-Pushta are affected by flood-water of Yamuna…
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The Middle and the Great Himalayas

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In the previous post we discussed the physical features of Shiwalik Himalayas and found out that how Shiwaliks created the beautiful Dun valleys. This post will discuss about the geography of other two ranges of The Himalayas- The Middle or Lesser Himalaya and The Great Himalaya which are the other two division of The Himalayan Ranges.
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6 Factors responsible for the growth of slums in India

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A slum, commonly called Jhuggi-Jhopris in India, is residential area where the dwellings by reason of over-crowding, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, unhygienic conditions and other set of factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals. According to the estimates of Town and Country Planning Organization, about 21.2% of urban population lives in slums. This proportion is even higher in metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, etc. First question which arises here is that how slums developed, what are the requirements for their development. There are varieties of factors which helps in the formation of slums.
 Growth rate of population (Urbanization) First of all the growth rate of Indian population is very high and this growth rate is much higher in the urban areas because of the migration of large number of people from rural to urban. Due to the poverty, unemployment, lack of other amenities and more importantly to elevate their status, people migrate to ur…
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