About Maletha Placed in middle Himalaya, Maletha[1] is a prosperous village of about 450 households in Tehri district of Uttarakhand. The village is settled next to National Highway 58, on right bank of Alaknanda River at a vertical distance of 400 meters in Kirti Nagar block. It is about 25 km upstream from Devprayag where Alaknanda from left and Bhagirathi from right side, unite to form the Ganga River.
| 1- Maletha Village | 5-Tunnel part of irrigation channel* | 9- 2013 flood affected farm * | 13- Stone Crusher |
| 2-Maletha Farmland | 6-Alaknanda River | 10-Stone Crusher | 14- Stone Crusher |
| 3- Maletha Temple | 7-Chandrabhaga River | 11- Stone Crusher | 15-Proposed Railway line |
| 4- Maletha Irrigation Channel | 8-National Highway-58 | 12- Stone Crusher | 16-Proposed Railway Station |
5* Villagers have built Madho Singh Bhandari’s memorial there 9* June 2013 flood has deposited about 25feet high sand on river banks and submersed around 10 acres of agricultural land turning them unproductive.
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