
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Proof of the tens of thousands taken away by Covid19 in just the town of Haridwar. The river can barely be seen - there are so many remains in it and on its banks. The banks of the river have been turned into MASS cremation grounds. India is burning and Covid19 is taking a massive toll on our population. Is this the Malthusian trap or Ehrlich-ian prognostication coming to a pass for India in its second Covid wave? Is this the population cleanse predicted by these population scientists and now programmed by the biological warfare unleashed on India by China? We dare think of the ramifications of going down that thought process... All we can say is - India needs help and the people are crying out for support from somewhere - anywhere. Meanwhile, the leadership is silent (and absent). This fo
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