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The pristine source: Gaumukh
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Gaumukh from a distance
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Pilgrims at Gaumukh glacier
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Pristine source defiled:A forest guard of Uttarakhand scours the river bank for garbage thrown by pilgrims
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Annual journey for salvation
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Glacier's ice gone
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Trash being burnt on way to Gaumukh
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A dried up glacial lake near Gaumukh: Landslides result in formation and destruction of lakes
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Hillside bared for tunneling
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Hillside bared:Forest cover removed for the construction of Loharinag Pala project in Uttarkashi in 2008
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Landslide near a dam site at Uttarkashi
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Tunnel construction of Loharinag Pala (Photo taken in 2008). Dam construction is stalled now
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Tunnel construction of Loharinag Pala (Photo taken in 2008). Dam construction is stalled now.
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Construction mess: Loharinag Pala dam which has been stalled now due to pressure from religious and environmental experts continues to be littered with construction material. Nothing has been done about the tunneled hills that pose a big danger to the loc
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Inside the hill: the Loharinag Pala tunnel
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A mountain which looked only green a few years ago is a grey concrete mess now
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Hydropower trash dumped in the river
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Blasting in the fragile Himalayas renders the soil and rocks weak, which in the event of rainfall, come tumbling down along with slush
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Blasting for dam tunnels result in cracks in houses and a calamity finally washes them off
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A local in Bhatwari shows cracks in her house due to blasting in 2008
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Education, a victim of dams and dynamite: a primary school building in Sunagar village of Uttarkashi district gives in to undercutting of hills. The road was being constructed to go up to a dam site.
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Crack in a wall of the Sunagar school
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Classroom of the primary school in Sunagar which gave away due to blasting
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Muck generated from road construction being dumped in the river
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Angry river: the Bhagirathi in spate
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The Bhagirathi reclaims its space
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Landslide accident near Uttarkashi
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A landslide
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The trapped Bhagirathi river: Tehri dam