The rejuvinated fields. With prosperity returning through watershed works, farmer Manohar has been able to reconstruct his home. His 4 sons no longer have to migrate for work as there is enough work on his fields.
View of houses in the Totladoh village. A fishing net is spread for drying up and below are few hens trying to salvage some food items from the ground. Fishing is the chief source of livelihood of people living in this village. This has been taken away from them following a ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on fishing in the Totladoh reservoir.
View of houses in the Totladoh village. Womenfolk basking in the soothing winter sun while their men are out fishing in the Totladoh reservoir, in which fishing is prohibited under the wildlife act.
A fishermen of Totladoh unscrambling his fishing net, while a cock looks on. About 600 traditional fishermen in the district have alleged that they have lost their only source of livelihood after the ban. What is very surprising about the issue is that fishermen on the Madhya Pradesh side of the reservoir enjoy the fishing rights.
View of houses in the Totladoh village. A fishing net is spread for drying up and below are few hens trying to salvage some food items from the ground. Fishing is the chief source of livelihood of people living in this village. This has been taken away from them following a ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on fishing in the Totladoh reservoir.