1. Mountain ranges of the Himalayas in the North: The lofty mountain ranges of the Himalayas lie to the north of India which stretch from Kashmir in the west to Assam in the east. These mighty ranges of the Himalayas can be divided into two groups. The hills like Hindu Kush, Sulaiman, Safed Koh and Kirthar, in the North-West region [...]
At present, the urban growth in India has been haphazard with a marked regional disparity in the levels of urbanisation. […]
1. Success of Farm Forestry but Neglect of Village Forestry: The programme of social forestry has two main components—afforestation of village lands and planting trees on private lands, called farm forestry. In terms of sheer production of trees, the programme of farm forestry has been immensely successful, leading even to a glut in eucalyptus wood in certain areas of Gujarat [...]