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One of the main purposes of the UN Conference - Exposition on Human Settlements held in Vancouver, Canada, in June 1976, was to bring to the World's attention the nature and relative importance of the problems of human settlements against a background of widespread concern for the whole of our earthly environment - natural and manmade. Two of the most critical problems of society today are the shortage of adequate housing and the deterioration of the conditions under which people live and work. Many cities are unable to provide adequate housing, food, sanitation, work and other essential services for all the people flocking to them in search of a better life. Rural settlements are being abandoned and neglected. Urbanization is not an evil in itself. The process can be guided and converted into a positive factor in development. Economic development and an improvement in the quality of human life need not be competing alternatives. They are both vital and in the common interest of all mankind.

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Headline India's Search for Minerals in Tamil Nadu State

Caption Description In order to reduce the outflow of India's much needed foreign exchange he Government with help from UN Development Programme (UNDP) has undertaken an extensive search for minerals over much of the country. One large-scale project covering an area of approximately 13, 000 square kilometres is in Tamil Nadu State (formerly Madras State). Economically significant deposits of various minerals and specifically of iron ore have been shown to exist there.
Large rocks being broken up to obtain bulk samples containing iron ore in the Kavuthimalai Reserve Forest, 10 kilometres from the town of Tiruvannamalai.

Unique Identifier UN7629077

NICA ID 235492

Production Date 01/01/1974 11:49:18 PM

Country India

Credit UN Photo/T. S. Satyan

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