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 Kanpur is the tenth most populous city in India and the largest within the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the largest city of the Hindi- speaking belt after Delhi. Nested on the banks of the River Ganga, Kanpur stands as one of North India’s major industrial centres with its historical, religious and commercial importance. Population is 5 million inhabitants and such a huge population implies lots of problems with traffic and pollution.
Kanpur, along with Allahabad and Fatehpur, are part of the Lower Doab, which in antiquity was known as the Vatsa country. Kanpur city comes under the Indo-Gangetic planes of India. There are facilities of clean drinking water.
Kanpur is home to many residential and migratory birds. Most of them can be spotted at Bithoor IIT Campus and areas alongside the Ganga Canal. In the IIT Campus there are many peacocks and wild horses.The city has Asia’s biggest zoological garden. Indira Nagar is the greenest and most pollution free residential area of the city.
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