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water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
Letﾒs pray for the Ganga
Har har Gange! : Ladies and gentlemen, earlier this year Harvard …
Mirage of Kumbh : On the eve of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadavﾒs …
Too shallow : We ensured that there was adequate depth ? 3 to 4 …
Clean up myopia : More than Rs 1,400 crores were spent on the …
Solid waste offerings : More than 40,000 toilets which received …
Gold rush : 120 million took bath in the river, but sadly today …
Kumbh magic demystified : Many of you were drawn to this pop-up …
Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped …
Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped …
Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped …
Solid waste offerings : Each person visiting the mela generated …
Water non-suppl : We laid out 570 km pipelines and supplied 80 …
Excreta matters : We set up more than 40,000 toilets and …
Melon times : Cucumber and water melon farmers have started …
Afterlife returns : Boats were stationed upstream to ensure there …
Faith and filth
634 Photos
Water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
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Water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
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Water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
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Water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
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Water melon plantation at the white sands of ganga
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Letﾒs pray for the Ganga
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Har har Gange! : Ladies and gentlemen, earlier this year Harvard sent a team of over 50 people to see how a ﾑpop-up mega-cityﾒ, visited by more than 120 million over 55 days, is laid out on a grid, and then deconstructed within a matter of weeks. You were
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Mirage of Kumbh : On the eve of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadavﾒs lecture on the so-called mega success of the Maha Kumbh Mela to a gathering at the Harvard University, Avikal Somvanshi visits the Sangam to photograph the disturbing aftermath of the mela. A
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Too shallow : We ensured that there was adequate depth ? 3 to 4 feet -- for bathing. I must admit that this was made possible by releasing 2,500 cusecs from upstream reservoirs during the entire mela period. More was released during the six important bath
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Clean up myopia : More than Rs 1,400 crores were spent on the successful organization of and infrastructure for the mega event. Roads, ghats, toilets, hospitals and everything else required to run a mega event were made available. Unfortunately, we forgot
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Sangam ,
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Solid waste offerings : More than 40,000 toilets which received all the excreta of the pilgrims were simply covered with more earth, allowing it to leach into the ground and pollute the groundwater Garbage that piled up during kumbh is still waiting to be
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Gold rush : 120 million took bath in the river, but sadly today there is no one to clean up the holy Sangam. Only a handful of scavengers digging for valuables and coins throng the ghats. Nowhere in sight is the army of 10,000 sanitation workers, and this
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Kumbh magic demystified : Many of you were drawn to this pop-up mega city, built on the floodplains in the matter of a few months. But as you have seen, there is more to it than meets the eye. There is a need to ensure that more people and not just VIPs h
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Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped with cozy hay stacks the ghats looked picture perfect during the kumbh. A little more than a month down the line all sand bags have given way to heaps of polythene bags and the hay has been put
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Faith and filth
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Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped with cozy hay stacks the ghats looked picture perfect during the kumbh. A little more than a month down the line all sand bags have given way to heaps of polythene bags and the hay has been put
Allahabad (D) ,
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634 Photos
Not so holy now : Lined with sparkling white sand bags topped with cozy hay stacks the ghats looked picture perfect during the kumbh. A little more than a month down the line all sand bags have given way to heaps of polythene bags and the hay has been put
Allahabad (D) ,
Avikal Somvanshi ,
Ecological footprint ,
Faith and filth ,
Ganga Action Plan ,
Kumbh Mela ,
Makar Sankranti ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Religious Places ,
River Pollution ,
Sangam ,
Sanitation ,
Sanitation ,
Scavengers ,
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Shahi snan ,
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Faith and filth
634 Photos
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Solid waste offerings : Each person visiting the mela generated solid waste of approximately 100 gm every day, be it plastics, bottles or flowers. If you visit the mela grounds today, you will see solid waste strewn all over the place
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Water non-suppl : We laid out 570 km pipelines and supplied 80 million litres of water each day. But I must admit that thousands were not connected to the piped network and had to fetch water from distances, many at times consuming unfiltered water. It is
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Excreta matters : We set up more than 40,000 toilets and sanitation complexes to deal with the excrement of more than 100 million people. But truth is that the entire infrastructure was not installed in time, much of it lying around unused. The reality is
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Melon times : Cucumber and water melon farmers have started reclaiming river bed for their farming activities. Only a small chunk of the massive river bed is fit for farming as most of it is still laden with debris. It is a bit late into summer to start w
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Afterlife returns : Boats were stationed upstream to ensure there were no animal carcasses nor human bodies floating in the river at the bathing ghats. Cremations were also stopped at Sangam to avoid unsightly scenes during the Kumbh mela. Life is back to
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