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Reconstruction of road, Kedarnath
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Swarli Devi of Sumdum village says not a single official has visited them after the floods last year
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After the disaster, people have to travel an arduous 19 kilometres to reach Kedarnath. Their dedication, however, remains unfazed
by
Lakki Rawat
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Since the disaster, Ravinder Rawat’s village, Gaundhar, has no electricity, water, or navigable roads. He says the village is at a distance of 7 kilometres from the last motorable road at Rasi. The angry residents of Gaundhar had boycotted the panchayat a
by
Soma Basu
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People have to risk their lives every day to fetch rations. According to police records, in April and May this year, six people died while travelling from one village to another in the Dharchula and Munsiary subdivisions. Immediately after the disaster, d
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Soma Basu
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Before the cleaning began, the Kedarnath temple buried in snow
by
Lakki Rawat
$ 10/-
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Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
A young boy points to the cracks on the houses in Sumdum, serving as a reminder to the tragedy that struck. The then chief minister, Vijay Bahuguna, had promised Rs 3,000 to those who had been displaced due to the floods but without a proper rehabilitatio
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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The boulder due to which the 1,000 year old Kedarnath temple was saved from damage during the deluge is now worshipped by locals
by
Lakki Rawat
$ 10/-
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Houses damaged in the floods. The owners are now living as tenants in Dharchula town. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna promised them Rs 3, 000 rent per month for the next one year. Some of them have been getting Rs 1,500 for past two months
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
People of Dharma Valley have to walk at least 30 km daily on this difficult route to get ration and supplies.
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Government’s failure to rebuild the 19 km trekking path that leads to Hemkunt Sahib, a Gurudwara in Chamoli district, a few pilgrim groups have dug the snow haphazardly to make way. “In the area that is landslide prone and where the ice is still shifting
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Reconstruction of road, Kedarnath
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
The River Dhauliganga flows in the location where once there was a village called Sobla (in Pithoragarh district). Several such villages have disappeared after the Uttarakhand catastrophe
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
buy now
Makeshift Jaulljibi Bridge that connects India and Nepal. This century-old bridge was washed away in the floods last year and was rebuilt
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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People throng at the Kedarnath temple on the day its doors were opened to the public for the first time since the disaster. It was the only structure not washed away or damaged when the floods swept through the Kedar Valley
by
Lakki Rawat
$ 10/-
buy now
Half of the helipad caved in at Teejam village in Pithoragarh district during the floods last year. Locals allege that when they requested the district magistrate (DM) to carry out the flood protection work, the DM stated that no such action will take pla
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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A landslide would be enough to wipe out the entire village of Sumdum in Pithoragarh district. People live in constant fear of the mountains which have now developed cracks
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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People have to risk their lives every day to fetch rations. According to police records, in April and May this year, six people died while travelling from one village to another in the Dharchula and Munsiary subdivisions. Immediately after the disaster, d
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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The snow-capped peak in Pithoragarh, according to locals, encompasses several active landslide regions
by
Soma Basu
$ 10/-
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Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
by
Vikas Choudhary
$ 10/-
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Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
by
Vikas Choudhary
$ 10/-
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Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
by
Vikas Choudhary
$ 10/-
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Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
by
Vikas Choudhary
$ 10/-
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DIG049959
Reconstruction of road, Kedarnath
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049933
Swarli Devi of Sumdum village says not a single official has visited them after the floods last year
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049962
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049944
After the disaster, people have to travel an arduous 19 kilometres to reach Kedarnath. Their dedication, however, remains unfazed
Lakki Rawat
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Lakki Rawat
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049948
Since the disaster, Ravinder Rawat’s village, Gaundhar, has no electricity, water, or navigable roads. He says the village is at a distance of 7 kilometres from the last motorable road at Rasi. The angry residents of Gaundhar had boycotted the panchayat a
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049964
People have to risk their lives every day to fetch rations. According to police records, in April and May this year, six people died while travelling from one village to another in the Dharchula and Munsiary subdivisions. Immediately after the disaster, d
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049945
Before the cleaning began, the Kedarnath temple buried in snow
Lakki Rawat
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Lakki Rawat
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049951
Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049950
A young boy points to the cracks on the houses in Sumdum, serving as a reminder to the tragedy that struck. The then chief minister, Vijay Bahuguna, had promised Rs 3,000 to those who had been displaced due to the floods but without a proper rehabilitatio
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049940
The boulder due to which the 1,000 year old Kedarnath temple was saved from damage during the deluge is now worshipped by locals
Lakki Rawat
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Lakki Rawat
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049965
Houses damaged in the floods. The owners are now living as tenants in Dharchula town. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna promised them Rs 3, 000 rent per month for the next one year. Some of them have been getting Rs 1,500 for past two months
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049960
Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049934
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049936
Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049937
Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049949
People of Dharma Valley have to walk at least 30 km daily on this difficult route to get ration and supplies.
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049958
Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049946
Government’s failure to rebuild the 19 km trekking path that leads to Hemkunt Sahib, a Gurudwara in Chamoli district, a few pilgrim groups have dug the snow haphazardly to make way. “In the area that is landslide prone and where the ice is still shifting
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049957
Uttarakhand Floods disaster: Lessons for Himalayan states
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG049961
Reconstruction of road, Kedarnath
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049956
The River Dhauliganga flows in the location where once there was a village called Sobla (in Pithoragarh district). Several such villages have disappeared after the Uttarakhand catastrophe
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049935
Makeshift Jaulljibi Bridge that connects India and Nepal. This century-old bridge was washed away in the floods last year and was rebuilt
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049963
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049942
People throng at the Kedarnath temple on the day its doors were opened to the public for the first time since the disaster. It was the only structure not washed away or damaged when the floods swept through the Kedar Valley
Lakki Rawat
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Lakki Rawat
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049954
Half of the helipad caved in at Teejam village in Pithoragarh district during the floods last year. Locals allege that when they requested the district magistrate (DM) to carry out the flood protection work, the DM stated that no such action will take pla
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049943
A landslide would be enough to wipe out the entire village of Sumdum in Pithoragarh district. People live in constant fear of the mountains which have now developed cracks
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049955
People have to risk their lives every day to fetch rations. According to police records, in April and May this year, six people died while travelling from one village to another in the Dharchula and Munsiary subdivisions. Immediately after the disaster, d
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG049952
The snow-capped peak in Pithoragarh, according to locals, encompasses several active landslide regions
Soma Basu
,
May, 2014 ,
Uttarakhand
Floods
,
Floods
,
Kedarnath
,
Landslides
,
Natural Disaster
,
Pilgrims
,
Rehabilitation
,
Rehabilitation
,
Religious Places
,
Soma Basu
,
Tourism
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG050099
Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
Vikas Choudhary
,
June, 2014 ,
Varanasi
,
Uttar pradesh
Ganga river
,
Religious Beliefs
,
Religious Places
,
River Pollution
,
Rivers
,
rivers
,
Sanitation
,
Sanitation
,
Scavengers
,
Scavengers
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
VARANASI
,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY
,
Waste Disposal
,
Waste Disposal
,
Water Pollution
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG050101
Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
Vikas Choudhary
,
June, 2014 ,
Varanasi
,
Uttar pradesh
Ganga river
,
Religious Beliefs
,
Religious Places
,
River Pollution
,
Rivers
,
rivers
,
Sanitation
,
Sanitation
,
Scavengers
,
Scavengers
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
VARANASI
,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY
,
Waste Disposal
,
Waste Disposal
,
Water Pollution
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
buy now
DIG050100
Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
Vikas Choudhary
,
June, 2014 ,
Varanasi
,
Uttar pradesh
Ganga river
,
Religious Beliefs
,
Religious Places
,
River Pollution
,
Rivers
,
rivers
,
Sanitation
,
Sanitation
,
Scavengers
,
Scavengers
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
VARANASI
,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY
,
Waste Disposal
,
Waste Disposal
,
Water Pollution
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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DIG050103
Flowers, clothes and other waste being left behind by the pilgrims who come to bathe at Varanasi Ghats.
Vikas Choudhary
,
June, 2014 ,
Varanasi
,
Uttar pradesh
Ganga river
,
Religious Beliefs
,
Religious Places
,
River Pollution
,
Rivers
,
rivers
,
Sanitation
,
Sanitation
,
Scavengers
,
Scavengers
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
VARANASI
,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY
,
Waste Disposal
,
Waste Disposal
,
Water Pollution
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP042
$ 10/-
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