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KEDARNATHWILDLIFESANCTUARY

Wildlife Uttarakhand largest sanctuary in western Himalayas.this sanctuary primary purpose is to protect musk deer which is adapted to high altitudeenvironment considerendangered by IUCN.

Hindu

GAUMUKH Glacier Uttarakhand

Theterminus of theGangotri Glacier is said to resemble acow's mouth, and the place is calledGomukh or Gaumukh (gou, cow +mukh, face). Gomukh, which is about 19 km (11.8 mi) from thetown ofGangotri,is the precisesource of theBhagirathi river, an importanttributary of theGanges.

TOI

Nancowry Island A&N group of adjoining islands that make up the central part of the Nicobar Islands chain, inhabited bynicobarese people, forms nancowry harbour, was severely affected by 2004 tsunami.

Attappadi Settlement

kerala located in Palakkad district in North Kerala, it is one of the largest tribal settlements in the State.Many tribals like the Irulas, Mudugas and Kurumbar live here. Attappadi is an extensive mountain valley at the headwaters of the Bhavani River nestled below the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats.Itwas in news becoz of dismal socio-economic indicators among tribals in an otherwise high HDIranking state kerala.

Paltana powerproject

Powerplant

tripura The 726-MW gas-based project of ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation located in the Tripura'sGomati district is the world's biggest project using Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as perthe Kyoto Protocol. It utilises natural gas entrapped in shale type of sedimentary rocks .

Hemis High

AltitudeNational Park

Wildlife J&K national park in the easternLadakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir inIndia.It is, the

largest notifiedprotected area in India.The park is home to a number of species of endangeredmammals including thesnow leopard.Bounded on the north by the banks of theIndus River,itincludes parts of theZanskar Range.

Mandakini River uttarakhand

a tributary of theAlaknanda River Mandakini originates from theChorabari Glacier near KedarnathinUttarakhand, Mandakini is fed by Vasukiganga River at Sonprayag and i joins Alaknanda atRudraprayag.Mandakini river flows along NH-107 in Rudraprayag district and turns violent duringmonsoon, often destroying parts of highway and adjoining villages.

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Panna NationalPark

Wildlife MP located in Panna district of NE madhya pradesh on spur of Vindhyas , park is home to animals liketiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar andsloth bear.Forests along with Ken gharial sanctuary forms partof newly declared Panna biosphere reserve. Ken river traverse through park studded with drydeciduous forests.

Rasikbil Wetland WB located in foothills of sintura hill coochbihar WB,Rasikbil is a land of winged beauties. Or at leastused to be. With an ever increasing tourist rush the bird count is dropping and Rasikbil seems to belosing its panoramic charm.It is from geo and u magazine

GnY

Pobitora WildlifeSanctuary

Wildlife assam wildlife reserve in theMarigaon district inAssam Pobitora is mainly famous for its great IndianOne-horned rhinoceros.Brahmaputra forms northern boundary of this sanctuary . Naturalvegetation ranges from moist deciduous to mountainous due to transition frm plain to hilly areasinside sanctuary

Ratlehydroelectricproject,

DAMS J&K The state-of-the-art 850 MW power project located on NH-244 is on River Chenab in KishtwarDistrict of J&K . The plant will provide electricity to energy-starved state of J&K and will besupplying power to northern grid.

Amrapara Place Jharkhand

TOI(Maoistskilled SPand 4cops here)

Attapaddy Kerela

Cho-rabari Tal Lake J&K Also referred to as Gandhi sarovar this is a permanent glacial water body located above kedarnath

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/lake /glacier shrine in Uttarakhand.Bounded on sides by moraines this lakes outburst led to massive outflow ofwater with boulders & rocks downstream which resulted in widespread destruction in kedarnathvalley.

Depsang Plains Plains J&K located east of siachen glacier in northern J&K this is a plain region covered with snow throughoutthe year. Traversed by Galwan river & studded with moraines , this was the site of recent incursionby china into Indian territory.

Tamze Lake Sikkim near gangtok. Ratey Chu is the main rivulet of Lake Tamze - a major Fresh water source ofGangtok

GnY

ShongtongKarchham

HEP HP ShongtongKarchham Hydro Electric Project on river Satluj in Kinnaur district of HimachalPradesh. The project is a run -of the river (RoR) Scheme with installed capacity of 402 MW

Jhagadia Place Gujarat In south Gujarat, known for Saint Gobains glass plant. CCI is looking into a case regarding gassupply to this unit.

ET

Kshipra River MP near Ujjain TOI

Panagarh Place WB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PanagarhMountain strike corps HQ

TOI

Mettur HEP TN on kaveri river , in salem district of tamilnadu, reservoiris named stanley reservoir

Karbi Anglongdistrict

Newstate

demand

Assam Karbi Anglong district is the largest amongst the 27 administrativedistricts ofAssam state innortheasternIndia.

Mithi vardi NPP GUJRAT

in bhavnagar district of kathiawar peninsula, this is site for NPP.In news becoz of opposition fromEnvironmental activists and local farmers.

Vizhinjam port port kerala proposed site for international container transhipment terminal in Thiruvananthapuram district ofKerala. Port is to be based on PPP model . ( was in news becoz of environmental concern raisedby locals)

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Dugarajapatnam

port Andhra The Government has decided to set up two new major portsone each at Sagar in West Bengaland the other at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Tangkar la pass sikkim located in east sikkim district , this pass connects india with tibet. This was the site of recentChinese incursion into indian territory.

JorethangValley

Place Sikkim endangered Majhi language spoken here IE

Tehri Dam in the news for overflowing/ flood threat hindu

BOdh gaya bihar buddha attain enlightment, famous for bodhi tree, ashoka build first temple of bodh gaya culturalsignificance .recent bomb blasts

hindu

jaipur forts rajasthan

represent rajput culture in hilly areas, recently added to world heritage list hindu

hyderabad andhra biodiversity convention 2012, ap, telangana contention over capital issue hindu

narora nuclearpower plant

hindu

western ghats severalstates

unesco heritage site, ecological value hindu

Bara,karchanna& meja

HEP UP HEPs on river yamuna in allahabad,while meja is being constructed by NTPC, others r by Jp.in news as they didnt acquire CWC clearance.

Daulat BegOldie (DBO)

Highestairstrip

J & K Daulat Beg Oldi (also Oldie, DBO),Ladakh,state ofJammu & Kashmir,India is a historic camp siteand current military base. C 130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft landed at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO),the highest airstrip in the world at 0654 hrs 20 aug 2013.

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VYASI HEP do do

Chalakudy River Kerala Chalakudy River or Chalakudy Puzha is the fourth longest river in Kerala, India. The river flowsthrough Palakkad district, Thrissur District and Ernakulam District of Kerala.The length of the riveris 145km. It in strict geological sense is a tributary of the Periyar river.

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