Nature Had Given Us A Nice And Virgin Universe To Live, But Man Has Made It Polluted In The Name Of Development. Do All Developments Need To Disturbed The Natural Equilibrium? This Story On Newly Created Hilly State Uttranchal Is An Effort To See Development Through Environment. The Uttranchal Was Carved Out Of Uttar Pradesh On 9 November 2000 As The 27th State Of The Indian Union. It Consists Of 13 Districts, Viz., Pauri Garhwal, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Rudrprayag Of Garhwal Division; Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Bageshwar, Champawat Of Kumaon Division And Hardwar Of Saharan Division. All The Thirteen Districts Could Be Re-grouped Into Three Categories,The High Mountain Region: Major Portion Of Uttarkashi, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Chamoli And Rudrprayag. Mid-mountain Region: Major Areas In Pauri Garhwal, Tehri, Almora, Bageshwar Districts) And Doon. Terai Region Lower Foothills: Plains Of Dehradun, Nainital And Udhamsingh Nagar And Hardwar Districts).Following Are The Natural Resources Of This Hilly Land. Population: Persons 8,479,562 Decadal Growth 1991 - 2001: Males 4,316,401 Persons: () 19.20 Females 4,163,161 Males : () 17.47 Females: () 21.06 Sex Ratio: 964Population (0 - 6 Years): Decadal Growth 1991 - 2001: Persons 1,319,393 Persons : 15.56 Males 692,272 Males : 16.04 Females 627,121 Females : 15.06 Sex Ratio: 906 Total Geographical Information Total Area: 51,125 Km 1. Hill Area : 92.572. Plain Area : 7.433. Area Covered By Forest: 633. Longitude 77 34' 27" East To 81 02' 22" E4. Latitude 28 53' 24" North To 31 27' 50" N5. Male : 51.916. Female : 48.817. Rural Population : 76.90 8. Urban Population : 23.10 9. Literacy Rate : 6510 .Villages : 1562011. Cities And Urban Areas: 81 Wild Resources(I) Tiger 2003245(ii) Leopard20032090(iii) Elephant20021582(iv) Chital 200135000(v) Musk Dear2001160(vi) Himalayan Black Bear 2001375 Major Peaks (height In M Above Sea Level) Gauri Parvat (6590) Gangotri (6614) Panch Chhuli (6910) Nanda Devi (7816) Nanda Kot (6861, Kamet (7756) Badrinath (7140) Trishul (7120) Chaukhamba (7138) Dunagiri (7066) Major Passes Mana (5450) Nitipass (5070) Lipulekh (5122) LumpiaDhura (5650 Water Resources1.The Ganga Its Tributaries.2.The Yamuna Its Tributaries. District Wise Distribution Of Population: DisttTotal Population Rural Population Urban Population Of Urban PopulationAlmora 6,30,4465,76,49753,9498.5Bageshwar 2,49,4532,41,6507,8033.1Nanital 7,62,9124,93,1262,69,78635.3U.S. Nagar 12,34,5488,31,4074,03,14132.6Pithoragarh 4,62,1494,06,02556,12412.1Champawat 2,24,4611,91,72732,73417.0Uttarkashi 2,94,1792,71,25522,9247.8Chamoli3,69,1983,19,61349,58513.4Rudrprayag 2,27,4612,24,7402,7211.1Tehri6,04,6085,46,13358,4759.6Dehra Dun 12,79,0836,01,9656,77,11852.9Pauri 6,96,8516,06,62990,22213.0Haridwar 14,44,2139,98,5504,45,66330.8 Source: Directorate Of PlanningAll Above Information About State Natural Resources Clearly Indicating Towards Natures Supported Environment In All Sphere Of Life In Uttranchal. It Was The Part Of One Of Largest Indian State Uttar Pradesh In That Era It Could Not Get Its Share In Development As Its Deserved Because Than Political Power Houses Were In Plains. But Injustice Done In Past With This Hilly Land Popularly Called Dev Bhomi Could Be Its Future, Unexplored Hydro Capacity, Hydro-power Virgin Pollution Free Environment, Which Will Be The Future High Demands Commodities In Our World. The State Has Hydro Initials Of Two Major Rivers Of Nation Namely Ganges (Gangotri) And Yamuna (Yamunotri), Which Are Being Joined By Their Tributaries All Across The State Making This Mountainous Land, High Rich In Hydrological Resources. In Hydro Power, It Has Potential To 15000 Mega Watts Out Of This Only 1248MW Is Explored To Date. Pollution Level In Cities Towns Are On High Ends In All Across The Nation, People In Future Will Find Difficulty To Get Pollution Free Environment Around Them. Then Virgin Uttranchal Will Be Solace Place For Pollutions Hunted People Of Nation. To Achieve That Status In Coming Era Uttranchal Needs Followings. 1.Controlled Population. As Population Table Shows That 46.69of Uttranchalis Lived In Three Terrain Districts: Haridwar, Dehradun Uddam Singh Nagar, Which Amounted 16.6 Of Total Area Of State. So Development To All But Little Disturbance In Natural Harmony Should Be Basis Of State Policies Planners. 2.Special Industrials Zones. It Will Limit The Pollution Prone Area In State.3.Multi Levels Mini Environment Friendly Hydro Power Projects. To Use Threshold Level Of Every Natural Water Resources In The State. 4.Preservation Of Forests.5.Keep Rivers Pollution Free. This Should Be The Main Agendas Of Uttranchal For Future Status In Water Austerities World. Uttranchal Needs Only Stick To Its Rich Environmental Heritage And Try To Make All Around Development Keeping Coordination With Nature, Not Running After Urban Centric Blind Folded Industrialization. The Nature Has Created This Holly Land To Serve Special Role In Future Polluted Situations. Ms.Prabha Senior Correspondent Abcnewsnetwork.com E-mail:prabhaabcnewsyahoo.co.in
