Meaning of Pipola | Babel Free

Definitions

A village in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India that lost its source of water due to the construction of the Tehri Dam.

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“Since the dam (Tehri) was completed in 2006 the natural spring that once fed Pipola has dried up.”

“In one instance, a natural spring that fed the nearby village of Pipola dried up, forcing residents to fetch water from wells in a neighboring village, while other villagers simply fled to other neighboring villages to live.”

“Nalang (0.64) in Uttarkashi and Pipola (0.64) in Tehri found low level of Social vulnerability in 1991(Figure 7A) whereas in 2001, Ghansali (0.82), Pokhri (0.76) and Langoor (0.68) found low level of social vulnerability which are situated in Tehri Garhwal region.”

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