ARAKU VALLEY------ The Popular Hill Station in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh
Brief Description: Araku Valley is a Hill station in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inhabited by different tribes. Araku Valley is one of the least polluted and less commercialized tourist destinations in South India.
Location: Araku is located at 18.3333°N 82.8667°E. It has an average elevation of 911 metres (2,989 ft).It is located 114 km from Vishakhapatnam, close to the Odisha state border. The Anantagiri and Sunkarimetta Reserved...
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Forest which are part of Araku Valley, are rich in biodiversity. This valley is surrounded by mountains like Galikonda, Raktakonda, Sunkarimetta and Chitamogondi. Galikonda hill rising to a height of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) is one of the highest in Andhra Pradesh. The average rainfall is 1700 mm, bulk of which is received during June–October.
Why Araku is famous?
Araku is popular for its famous coffee plantations. India’s first tribal growers’ organic coffee brand was launched in the Araku Valley in 2007. The premium organic "Araku Emerald" brand of coffee sells globally. Thousands of tribals in the Agency area are engaged in coffee cultivation as farm hands or small farmers.
Transportation:
The valley is connected through both rail and road to the city of Vishakapatnam. There are two railway stations at Araku and Araku Valley on the Kothavalasa-Kirandul railway line of Visakhapatnam division of the East Coast Railway, on the Indian Railways network. Shimiliguda railway station is located at an altitude of 996 meters above mean sea level.
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Images of Araku Valley
Train along Eastern Ghats at Araku
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Valley Borracaves Eastern Ghats Visakhapatnam
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Araku Valley Scenic View
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A panoramic photo of Araku Valley
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View at Araku Valley
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Road through Araku Valley
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Coffee Plantation in Araku
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Welcome to the new interface of IRI. While we are extremely reluctant to make any change to the UI, this change was necessitated by one overriding objective. UNIFIED SEARCH. From any page of IRI, whether in Desktop or Mobile, you should be able to search virtually ANYTHING in IRI.
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Towards the above objective, the following are the KEY boxes.
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In the Desktop site, the top LEFT BOX drops down and allows you to virtually select ANY category to search on. In the Mobile site, there is a new top Search menu that does the same thing. (Pic 1 & Pic 3).
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2. There is a new "Modify Search" hanging tab that will allow you to Modify the current Ongoing search. (Pic 2)
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The other key change is that new extensive Train Search (Pic 4) has been introduced. Previously, we could only search trains from A to B. Previously, From and To Station boxes had to be filled to search anything. Now, virtually an INFINITE variety of Train Searches are possible. You may fill in ANY BOX of the detailed Train Search to create customized interesting searches.
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Some examples:
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1. [Trains Starting from PF# 1 of NDLS|http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/664?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=1&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=0&arev=0&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=0&trn=0&q=]
2. [Trains having Loco Reversal at NGP|http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/18?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=1&arev=0&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=0&trn=0&q=]
3. [ALL Trains running on WAP Locos|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=wap&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
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5. [Trains starting from CSTM, which have a Loco Reversal at some station|http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/1620?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=0&arev=0&trev=1&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=0&trn=0&q=]
6. [List of SECR Express Trains having Pantry facility|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=11&pantry=1&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
7. [List of Trains inaugurated before 1975|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=1577664&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
8. [List of CR Trains running at an average speed greater than 80|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=80&spdt=0&zone=1&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
9. [List of Shatabdi trains running at an average speed above 110|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=3&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=110&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
10. [List of trains having more than 99 halts|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=99&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
11. [List of Sampark Kranti trains pulled by WDP Locos|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=18&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=wdp&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=undefined&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=undefined&amf=undefined&aht=undefined&amt=undefined&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
12. [List of Shatabdi Trains having RSA with other trains|http://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=3&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&trev=0&rake=&rsa=1&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=0&amf=0&aht=0&amt=0&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=]
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As mentioned above, the Search combinations are virtually limitless, and depends on the imagination/utility depending on the circumstances.
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Very soon a new feature will be introduced, whereby members would be able to submit Custom Train Searches for further discussion, rating, etc. The Search List will be compiled in a separate section.
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It is understood that the new UI will not be appreciated by those who are used to the old interface. It will definitely lead to some disruption in workflow. Apologies for the same. However, as mentioned above, it was necessitated to pave the way for unified search.
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It may take some time to get used to the new interface. Pl. rest assured that all the previous functionality is present, and is easily accessible on any screen.
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Just look around and experiment. You will find what you are looking for.
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