Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Treasure World Panama Canal and Dhangkar Gompa

- Panama Canal, Panama City, Chagres River 
One of the most impressive engineering feats in modern history, the Panama Canal continues to be enormously useful to the international community. Up to 40 ships per day pass through this channel. However, with a request to use the canal continued to increase at the same time that the average amount of water in Lake Gatun decline, one of the world's most important waterways face of unforeseen complications. Largely as a result of deforestation, increasing the amount of waste can be found at the bottom of the lake, which would reduce the number of ships that can accommodate the alley.

The rescue mission: A proposal to expand the canal has been approved by the government in 2006. As part of this project, a new room key, new entryways and water reutilization basins are being planned to reduce this problem. There is a project expected to be completed in 2015.

- Dhangkar Gompa, Himachal Pradesh, India 
 
Dhangkar part of the complex and one of the five major Buddhist monastic centers, this temple was built some thousand years ago, was found in a remote area on the border between India and Tibet. As a result of negligence in addition to erosion from the hill located in the temple, this important and ancient sites deteriorating.

The rescue mission: The monastery of conservation is to prepare a plan to save the temple and seek support to implement their plans. Keeping the temple also need to consider how to encourage tourism in the area without damaging the site.

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