proverbs/sayings that are related to climate and weather in your region
When the wind is out of the east, is neither good for man nor beast"
Meaning-Since cold winter weather often arrives from the east.
"In the morning mountains, in the afternoon fountains"
Meaning-Mountains refers to cumulonimbus clouds, and fountains to the thunderstorms they produce.
"Cold is the night when the stars shine bright"
Meaning-Since stars shine brighter on cold, clear nights.
Meaning-Since cold winter weather often arrives from the east.
"In the morning mountains, in the afternoon fountains"
Meaning-Mountains refers to cumulonimbus clouds, and fountains to the thunderstorms they produce.
"Cold is the night when the stars shine bright"
Meaning-Since stars shine brighter on cold, clear nights.
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narmada bachao andolan is a non governmental organisation that mobilised tribal people, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarvodar Dam being built across the narmada river in gujarat. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water. Recently it has re-focused the aim to enable poor citizens especially the outsees to get full rehabilitation facilities frm the government
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1) Multipurpose projects launched after independence with their integrated water resources management approach, were thought of as the vehicle that would lead the nation to the path of development and progress,overcoming the handicapped of its colonial past.
2) Jawaharlal Nehru proclaim the dams are the temples of modern India: the reason being that it would integrate development of agriculture and the village economy with Rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy.
3) Dams were built to impound rivers and rainwater that could be used later to irrigate Agricultural fields.
4) Hydroelectricity is also generated which is provided to industry to run machines.
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