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Whatsapp Is The Best Thing That Happened To Trekking
A unique set of features on the popular messaging app makes it an indispensable tool for trekkers and wilderness explorers.
Since its debut in 2009 and widespread adoption all over the Indian subcontinent over the next decade, Whatsapp grew by leaps and bounds, affecting different strata of society in a multitude of ways.
From enabling law enforcement to attend to citizen complaints swiftly, traffic police to receive accurate locations of vehicle breakdowns, flooded roads, accidents, ambulances and VIP movement, to facilitating quick dissemination of news by the media and providing businesses a direct tool to interface with their customers, the popular messaging app has cemented itself as quite an indispensable tool for modern day life.
Suffice it to say that in 2024 Whatsapp is now a household name in India with even older generations getting onto the platform and using it to stave off the loneliness. Video calls to their loved ones, sharing of media, keeping up to date with family news, and receiving timely assistance from their doctors and care providers has immensely benefitted a lot of senior citizens in the country.
But there’s one particular space that the much loved multimedia messaging app has made quite a significant impact, way more than it has in the others. Its in…
