Bhima Singh of Bathinda's Jethuka village kept his field (right) ready for transplanting paddy saplings (left) days before June 15, the legal date for beginning transplantation , punjab
A farmer prepares his field using laser-levelling technique in a village near Punjab's Bathinda district. Before the law was enacted, such fallow lands were a rare sight in Punjab in May-June
Jaswinder Singh of Longowal village in Punjab’s Sangrur district says the law has been forced upon farmers. In 2009 when it was enacted, 17 farmer organisations in the region gave several representations against the law to Sangrur’s deputy commissioner.
A farmer prepares his field using laser-levelling technique in a village near Punjab's Bathinda district. Before the law was enacted, such fallow lands were a rare sight in Punjab in May-June
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics. Catlle graze on this grass and are losing their capacity to give birth.
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics.
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana village melted because of working in the fields irrigated by chemical laden toxic water from tanneriesin Jajmau area of Kanpur.
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana village melted because of working in the fields irrigated by chemical laden toxic water from tanneriesin Jajmau area of Kanpur.
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics
Person showing his hands has skin problems because of working in the fields irrigated by chemical laden toxic water from tanneries in Jana village area of Kanpur.
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics