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The Veluwemeer Aqueduct: Netherland's Unique Water Bridge

  Open since 2002, the Veluwemeer Aqueduct is a stunning work of architecture and engineering. This waterway measures up at a short 25 meters long by 19 meters wide, and is located in Harderwijk, Eastern Netherlands. During the design of this unique passage, engineers chose to construct the waterway over the N302 road, where 28,000 vehicles pass each day. Veluwemeer is a shallow 3 meter deep water bridge that allows for small boats and other water vehicles to pass with ease. In addition to this easy boating passage, pedestrian walkways are on both sides allowing for foot traffic. Unlike drawbridges or other roadway structures, the water bridge design implemented in this aqueduct allows for constant traffic flow on the road and in the water.

Moscow Bangle House(City of Trees)Moscow's

http://Indianofficials1.blogshpot.comhttp://Indianofficials1.blogshpot.com  City of Trees: 54% of Moscow's area is covered with greenery Moscow is the greenest city in the world. 54% of the city is covered with gardens and trees. Here every person has 20 square meters of trees. The city was settled 200 years ago in the middle of the forest. In the 1930s, there was also a lot of felling of trees here for major construction works. But after 1951, the city was made green again by running more than 200 projects. This is a residential building in Moscow, consisting of 900 apartments. In the middle of the circular building is a football field. This building is famous as Moscow Bangle House. The diameter of the structure is 155 meters (around 500 feet). It has 26 entrances, 913 apartments, and six big archways to enter the courtyard. The first floor of the building contained pharmacies, shops, hair salons, a laundry and tailor shop, also a childrens' club, and even a library (back in...

Uttarakhand: Munsiyari Garden buzzing with flowers

  Uttarakhand: Munsiyari Garden buzzing with flowers 30 acres of barren land turned into a paradise of flowers Dehradun,   The Panchashuli peaks of Parvat Raj Himalayas and Tulip Gardens blooming with colorful flowers in front of it. As if heaven has descended and settled here somewhere. This is the view of Munsiyari Tulip Garden located in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Where the forest department has put a beautiful flower garden on the barren land. The department is now waiting for the second wave of corona infection to end, so that people from all over the country come and see the beautiful garden. 1.36 lakh was spent in making the garden at an altitude of 9 thousand feet. | Munsiyari Garden is at an altitude of 9 thousand feet above sea level. Regarding this, DFO Dr. Bhargava says that there was a lot of difficulty in making a garden here. Due to the high altitude, there was only wild grass here. Due to this the quality of the land was destroyed. But due to the spirit of ...