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Indian Wildlife: Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

As rightly said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” The Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka is one such place which does justice to the above statement. The Sanctuary is rich in diverse flora and fauna.

Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka, India

A mixture of typical moist deciduous and semi evergreen forests, this place is the ideal place for nature lovers to visit. The Sanctuary is a home to a variety of animals such as Deer, Sloth bear, Elephant, panther, Tiger, Wild dog, Bison, jackal, Giant flying squirrel etc, to name a few.

Malabar Giant Flying Squirrel

The Sanctuary has become a paradise for a large number of migratory as well as native birds. It has around 400 species of rare and old birds including the magpie robin, golden backed woodpecker, crested serpent eagle, green Imperial pigeon, Indian White Rumped vulture, Green bee eater; Green dove, thus earning the name, ‘Birding Paradise.’ Ah, the sound of those exotic birds singing! The Malabar pied Hornbill is the most sighted bird in this sanctuary. Tourists also come here to look at the most famous animals in the Sanctuary, being the Black panthers, Slender Loris and King Cobra.

Black Panther - Anshi National Park

Deer – Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

Bird - Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

A variety of wildflowers are also seen in the Sanctuary. Lotus, the National flower of India, scientifically known as ‘Nelumbo Nucifera’ is one of the famous flowers sighted here. The Sanctuary is also famous for its tea, rose trees and unidentified medicinal plants.

Lotus – The State Flower

Many reptiles also find their home in this Sanctuary. Snakes, turtles, tortoises, Water Monitor lizards, Mugger crocodile are a few such reptiles. No wonder crocodile spotting is one of the sought after activities in the Sanctuary!

We have already seen how Dandeli wild life Sanctuary adds to the beauty of Karnataka. But there’s another important place which draws a lot of tourists to the beautiful state of Karnataka, The Kali River. The Kali River is close to the Sanctuary and is famous not only in Karnataka, but in India as a whole for rafting. A coracle ride down the River Kali is a memorable experience. The White Water rafting is a once in a life time because one can encounter large crocodiles, turtles and also go fishing. Thus, Dandeli offers kayaking, canoeing, water rafting on the Kali River. What more can a tourist ask for?

Rafting-Kali River

Tourists can also opt for trekking in the jungles of the Sanctuary and thus explore the steep slopes, hilly forests and beautiful river valleys. What’s more amazing is that there is more fun to come! Tourists can also go on other adventures like cycling, mountain biking, crocodile spotting, nature walks, bird watching, safari and the list goes on and on. Wouldn’t feel like going back home would you? Ah, how can I forget the night camping, where you can stay in beautiful tents, cook your own food, dance around the bonfire and sleep outside staring at the beautiful stars. Sounds wonderful to me!

Jungle Safari - Dandeli Wildlife Reserve

A section of the Sanctuary was carved out to form the Anshi National Park, which also has a wide variety of flora and fauna. Dandeli Sanctuary and Anshi National Park were together granted the status of tiger reserve by Project Tiger. The saddest thing is that there are just 13 tigers left now. Dandeli is also famous as an educational and industrial hub in Karnataka. But, the rapid expansion of various industries here is causing a lot of damage to the forests.

Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks in Karnataka

Dandeli is called the backbone of Karnataka. Even foreign tourists are drawn to this state because of the beauty of Dandeli. I wouldn’t be shocked if many of you have already packed your bags and left for Dandeli! Ciao.

Longest Road and Rail Tunnel of India

India is the fastest growing industry of mega structure of Civil work,whether its bridges, amazing cloverleaf or elevated freeway in Indian cities. Indian road and rail network are one of the largest transport network in the world and bridges,Tunnels play a major role to complete the connectivity across the country. There are many longer tunnels under construction in the Himalayas ranges as part of Indian railway. Most of the tunnel in India are located in Western Ghat and Himalayas ranges. Maliguda Tunnel is the highest broad-gauge railway tunnel in India and the second highest in the world.

Longest Railway Tunnels of India:

Pir Panjal Tunnel: 

The Pir Panjal Tunnel is a long under construction railway tunnel at the Pir Panjal Range of Himalayas in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The 11.00 km long Banihal railway tunnel will be India’s longest railway tunnel and and Asia’s 2nd longest railway tunnel. The great tunnel is located on the highest mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal range in middle of Himalayas. Indian Railways is closer to finish the work on India’s longest transportation railway tunnel. The longest tunnel of India is successfully pass its train trial run through Pir Panjal tunnel.

Pir-Panjal-Tunnel

Karbude Tunnel: 

Karbude Tunnel was the longest rail tunnel in India before Pir Panjal tunnel.The Karbude tunnel is 6.5 km long and one of the India’s biggest engineering marvels is located on the Konkan Railway route near Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Karbude tunnel is known to be the longest rail tunnel on Konkan railway line situated between Ukshi and Bhoke station.

Karbude-Tunnel

Natuwadi Tunnel: 

The second longest rail tunnel of Konkan Railway is situated between Karanjadi and Diwan Khavati station in the state of Maharashtra. The 4.3 km long tunnel was constructed on 1997 and comes under the Zonal railway of Konkan. Konkan Railway is one of the most beautiful train route in India, runs from Mangalore in Karnataka to Mumbai in Maharashtra through Goa,along the west coast of India and Western Ghats.

Natuwadi-Tunnel

Tike Tunnel: 

The 4.0 km long Tike Tunnel is located at the western ghat region of Maharashtra,between Ratnagiri and Nivasar. Ratnagiri is the beautiful port city of Maharashtra and a part of amazing Konkan along with the Sahyadri mountains. Ratnagiri region well known for its different varieties of Mangoes and lush green scenery.

Tike-Tunnel

Berdewadi Tunnel: 

The 4.0 Km long Berdewadi railway Tunnel is located between Adavali to Vilawade train route in the  Maharashtra state of India. Berdewadi Tunnel is also the part of Konkan Railway train route, along with other tunnels such as Savarde tunnel,Barcem tunnel of Goa and Karwar tunnel of Karnataka. Khowai tunnel of Tripura, Chowk tunnel of Maharashtra and Sangar Jammu and Kashmir are few different rail route tunnels of Indian railway.

Berdewadi-Tunnel

Longest Road Tunnels in India:

Chenani-Nashri Tunnel: 

The Chenani-Nashri Tunnel is the India’s longest road tunnel under construction in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.  The 9.2 km long road tunnel is a major road tunnel project in Northern India and biggest of the country. Chenani-Nashri road tunnel is also known as Patnitop Tunnel is also one of the longest tunnel in Asia. The Shivalik mountain range of the great Himalayas will host the India’s longest 2 way traffic road tunnel.

Chenani-Nashri-Tunnels

Rohtang Tunnel: 

The Rohtang Tunnel is the World’s Highest Road Tunnel situated under the Rohtang Pass of eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal Pradesh. The  8.8 Km long two lane road tunnel is the second longest road tunnel of the country, situated at elevation of 3,978 meters above sea level and is expected to reduce the distance about 60 km between Manali and Keylong.

Rohtang-Tunnel

Jawahar Tunnel: 

Banihal Tunnel also known as Jawahar Tunnel is a 2.5 Km long road tunnel under the Banihal pass, situated between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir. One of the longest tunnel-road of India will connect Jammu to Kashmir Valley on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at a height of 2194 m above sea level. After renovations, the tunnel is now facilitates with temperature sensors,CCTVs,ventilation system, emergency exit and a world-class lighting system.

Jawahar-Tunnel

Kamshet Tunnel: 

The Kamshet West-Tunnel or Kamshet I tunnel is 1.843 km long road network tunnel situated near Kamshet in Pune Maharashtra. The longest road tunnel in Maharashtra has 2 tubes with 3 lanes lies on amazing Mumbai Pune Expressway. The Mumbai Pune Expressway is the India’s first six-lane concrete tolled expressway with a distance of 93 km and one of the best too. Maharashtra will soon have the eight-kilometer-long tunnel, the second longest tunnel in the country that will connect Khopoli to Lonavla.

Kamshet-Tunnel

Bhatan Tunnel: 

Bhatan Tunnel on Mumbai-Pune Expressway is 1.0 KM long road tunnel with all the possible new technology. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is the first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway. The amazing expressway has reduced the travel time between the cities of Mumbai and Pune to approximately two hours. There are total 5 tunnel in Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bhatan tunnel is one of the longest among them.

Bhatan-Tunnel

Other upcoming long tunnel project in India are A four-lane road tunnel on Jaipur-Agra highway, A eight-kilometer-long tunnel on Mumbai-Pune E-way in Maharashtra and a 24 Km long Yellow Line tunnel of Delhi Metro along with one tunnel in Chennai for Metro.

FLYING HOVERCRAFT
Hovercraft in style. Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you'd ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around fun, this is your vehicle. The UH-18SP will take you places other craft have never been. Convert your UH-18SP hovercraft into the 18SPW Hoverwing™ in less than twenty minutes and fly up to 10 feet high over waves, rocks, beaches and fields in ground effect. The wings roll up and can be stored aboard the craft for easy transportation and rapid deployment. The UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ is the only ground-effect hovercraft to be released as a plan or kit. Ground effect hovercraft operates over any terrain while cruising at an altitude of 4 to 12 feet. Home made from plans available thru Universal Hovercraft.

Bio Robot Refrigerator

The Bio Robot fridge cools biopolymer gel through luminescence. It might look stinky and sticky but it’s actually an odorless gel that envelopes the food.

eRoll

eRoll could be the future of e-reading, along with iPad and another gadget that will be presented in this article. If you don’t want it to read ebooks on it, you can use it as a self defense weapon.

Folding-out Laptop

The Transformers wallpaper on this laptop says it all. This laptop transforms into a mega-laptop as soon as you unfold its keyboard.

MU SPACE

Listening music in bed with your headbuds in your ears can be really annoying and it appears that Yuan-Hao Hsu and Lin Tzu Hsuan have figured that one out. The result consists in a mp3 player pillow that will help you relax when taking your nap.

Wind circle

This will surely start a lot of discussions with your house guests but besides that it will also cool the air in the room. Yeah, it does that too…

Bracelet phone

Concept phones are becoming very popular these days. The stranger their shape is, the more popular they get. Probably that’s why this bracelet phone got so many fans or because it has a round dialer on it, like in old land phones.

Mint Sputnik projector

Portable Interactive Display

This device should be interesting especially for architects or industrial designers because of its interesting features. Its software can take CAD drawings and display them on the surface where they can be manipulated easily.

Newspaper of the future

Nowadays people try to find alternatives to using paper and they come up with interesting solutions. We already saw the eRoll in this article and tablets like iPad are made in a lot of variations today but Seon-Keun Park and Byung-Min Woo came with a different idea.

Air Clean Balls

Enough with the serious talking, let’s talk about balls (…?!). They have a funny name but an interesting feature, they can clean the air in the room by using a form of ionization with a photocatalyst complex sterilizing. It is interesting that it doesn’t freshen the air as you would probably think, but it actually cleans it, removing bacterias and viruses too, besides strange odors.

Geist Projector

We’ll keep on going with the balls issue but this time it’s about a projector. The mobility of the projected image is given by the levitating ball that sustains itself in the air with the help of electromagnetism.

Help Readers device

This device converts text to audio, helping you in case you have eye problems or because you’re infected with the laziness virus. in

HP LIM Glass computer

The HP LiM (Less is More) concept is set to feature a 19″ transparent touch OLED screen along with a wireless keyboard. The touch screen slides down to create a more ergonomic touch experience and easy navigation.

Gadgets are more unusual and more clever than normal technological objects and that makes them gain popularity. These wonderful gizmos ease our daily routine and keep us in contact with the innovative movement, making sure we don’t get stuck in the past. But of course, in the world of gadgets there are also some devices that take it a little bit far, making us gaze at them with hope that we will get our hands on them sooner.

Window phone concept

Is it a window, is it a phone? No. Actually, it’s Window phone and this is the part where you are saying “Whaaat? What are you talking about?”. The phone is actually a concept with extraordinary features. Surely if this could be actually put into production, it would set a new standard for the term “cool”.

AFGT Gaming Device

This gadget seems to be the holy grail of the gaming world. Its interesting feature is the tactile feedback that is used to enhance the gaming experience. This very interesting gadget is made out of touch sensitive silicon, to be more specific, silicon air pockets, each with a pressure generator.

Sound Mug Speaker

This particular device could look a little bit strange at a first impression but actually it’s a damn cool thing. The crazy looking speaker can fit in your car’s cupholder and don’t worry about batteries, the gadget is powered by car’s accessory socket.

Vestalife BumbleBee Earbuds

If you’re a guy, it’s unlikely that you will be interested in these little pink earbuds but as a girl, you’ll find them pretty glamy.

Babelfisk

In case you’re getting lazy in classes these wonderful glasses will give you some help. They have two microphones that can be directed to where someone is speaking and you have text and audio recorded into a flash drive.

QWERTY Keyboard For iPhone

Surely, this sounds like a dream come true. The Iphone is everywhere and probably a lot of you have it encountered the typing problem. With this tiny little qwerty keyboard you can type fast and accurately.