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A positive dimension of the project is through 'unskilled' employment generation given to people of local villages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) for making check dams, cement concrete roads and other miscellaneou
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Desiliting Tank situated after the intake tank and before water enters into the tunnel, is used to remove silt lesser than 0.5 mm in diameter using the concept of settling velocity of a particle. This is a crucial component for effective working of turbin
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Project affected families (Village Jaltalla and Kotma) content with the compensation provided in terms of employment to their son's or to their husbands in lieu of agriculture land, but are worried over the nature of job whether it is temporary or will be
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Kaliganga I- 4 MW Run of River Small Hydro Plant, District Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India. One can see, against the backdrop of Snow clad Himalayas, the power house along with penstock and pedestrian access road leading to power plant.
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Border Road Organisation claims that 16 km stretch from Rudraprayag to Agastyamuni (on way to Guptkashi) has almost been repaired, but only patches of the road seemed to be in reasonably good condition.
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Electricity board workers in Rudraprayag attempt to restore electricity connections in the affected areas. The electric supply line has almost been destroyed and washed away in the flood
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Five days after the floods, workers are still trying to clean the sand and silt from Rudraprayag Bridge. On June 17 and 18, the river Mandakini that flows 20 meters under the bridge, almost submerged the
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Four kilometres of road has been washed away in the flood from Pilwada to Silli, on way from Rudraparayag to Kedarnath
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Houses in Silli, 17 km from Rudraprayag, on route to Kedarnath, have been filled with sand and silt almost to ceiling
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Pilgrims from Kedar valley reach Rudraprayag through forests
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Sumari, one of the worst-affected villages in the lower part of Rudraprayag district. Almost 40 families have been affected in this small village, 15 houses have been washed away.
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The administration and armyメs focus is mostly on Kedarnath and Gaurikund, whereas rest of the Rudraprayag district has not received any aid or relief even a week after the floods. So far, only a few bags
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The destroyed roads in lower Rudraprayag have made it almost impossible for the relief workers to go up and for people to descend safely
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The highway from Rudraprayag to Guptkashi has been washed away at many places
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Villagers in Agastyamuni attempt to restore electric supply lines with the help of electric supply workers. There is no electricity in the region even eight days after the flood.
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DIG040045
A positive dimension of the project is through 'unskilled' employment generation given to people of local villages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) for making check dams, cement concrete roads and other miscellaneou
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040046
Head Race Tunnel (D Shape) for water transmission from Desiliting tank to Forebay. In case of Kaliganga- I the length of tunnel is 399.5 meters and for Kaliganga -II (6 MW capacity)- the tunnel length is 2002 meters. Although technology advancement facili
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040047
Diversion Weir Trench type without reservoir safeguarding against various issues associated with reservoir construction like submergence of huge land areas, GHG emissions from reservoirs among others typically associated with large hydro projects. But pro
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040048
Desiliting Tank situated after the intake tank and before water enters into the tunnel, is used to remove silt lesser than 0.5 mm in diameter using the concept of settling velocity of a particle. This is a crucial component for effective working of turbin
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040049
People, women in particular, feel if they have regular electricity and more means of economic upliftment then they can be saved of drudgery. Like this woman has an aspiration of buying a mixer to save her from manual labor and time it takes presently in m
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040050
Project affected families (Village Jaltalla and Kotma) content with the compensation provided in terms of employment to their son's or to their husbands in lieu of agriculture land, but are worried over the nature of job whether it is temporary or will be
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040051
Forebay tank designed to have a volume of water sufficient enough to power the turbines for two minutes of working safeguarding the turbines against breakdown occurring due to sudden drop of water level.
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040052
Kaliganga I- 4 MW Run of River Small Hydro Plant, District Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India. One can see, against the backdrop of Snow clad Himalayas, the power house along with penstock and pedestrian access road leading to power plant.
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG040053
Muck disposal at the end of an Adit for Kaliganga-II ( this is a passage created in between the tunnel leading from Desiliting tank to Forebay with twin objective of increasing the speed of tunneling and act as bypass in case of an issue with main tunnel)
ABHINAV
,
Jan, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
ABHINAV
,
Electricity
,
Energy
,
Hydro power
,
Kaliganga river
,
Rudraprayag (D)
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043462
Border Road Organisation claims that 16 km stretch from Rudraprayag to Agastyamuni (on way to Guptkashi) has almost been repaired, but only patches of the road seemed to be in reasonably good condition.
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043463
Electricity board workers in Rudraprayag attempt to restore electricity connections in the affected areas. The electric supply line has almost been destroyed and washed away in the flood
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043464
Five days after the floods, workers are still trying to clean the sand and silt from Rudraprayag Bridge. On June 17 and 18, the river Mandakini that flows 20 meters under the bridge, almost submerged the
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043465
Four kilometres of road has been washed away in the flood from Pilwada to Silli, on way from Rudraparayag to Kedarnath
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043466
Houses in Silli, 17 km from Rudraprayag, on route to Kedarnath, have been filled with sand and silt almost to ceiling
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043467
Pilgrims from Kedar valley reach Rudraprayag through forests
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043468
Sumari, one of the worst-affected villages in the lower part of Rudraprayag district. Almost 40 families have been affected in this small village, 15 houses have been washed away.
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043469
The administration and armyメs focus is mostly on Kedarnath and Gaurikund, whereas rest of the Rudraprayag district has not received any aid or relief even a week after the floods. So far, only a few bags
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043470
The destroyed roads in lower Rudraprayag have made it almost impossible for the relief workers to go up and for people to descend safely
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043471
The highway from Rudraprayag to Guptkashi has been washed away at many places
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043472
Villagers in Agastyamuni attempt to restore electric supply lines with the help of electric supply workers. There is no electricity in the region even eight days after the flood.
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043473
Villagers in Agastyamuni attempt to restore electric supply lines with the help of electric supply workers. There is no electricity in the region even eight days after the flood.
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043474
Images of devastation
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043475
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043476
Many buildings are still in danger of being washed away
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043477
Road near Bhiri on way to Kedarnath washed away by floods
Soumik Mukherjee
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Kedarnath
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Soumik Mukherjee
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043752
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043753
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043754
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043755
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
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DIG043756
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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DIG043757
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
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DIG043758
Sanjay Semwal
,
June, 2013 ,
Uttarakhand
Flood
,
Natural Disaster
,
Rudraprayag
,
Sanjay Semwal
,
Uttarakhand
,
DVD NO.
Mdvddp035
$ 10/-
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