Manure in front of an orchard. Leaves of trees are firest used as beds for the cattle in the sattlesheds. When they decompose, they became manure, along with the cattle excreta.
Water harvesting structures in the Kumaon hills. This house in the Satoli village, Nainital, has a concrete tank which is linked to the roof. It stores the rainwater that falls on the roof of the house. This is a part of a World Bank project for drinking water in Uttarakhand villages. People say they can have three months of drinking water from these tanks.
A tank on a shrot (underground water channel), the most traditional way of harvesting water in the mountains of Uttarakhand. Water from these perennial shrots are stored in these tanks.
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of rain, the roots of the pine trees were still burning in the Chir Pine forests of Uttarakhand hills.
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of rain, the roots of the pine trees were still burning in the Chir Pine forests of Uttarakhand hills.
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of rain, the roots of the pine trees were still burning in the Chir Pine forests of Uttarakhand hills.
Dried chir pine trees. A lot of these dried pine trees can be seen in the Uttarakhand hills. The trees have dried up because of the heat, both of the atmosphere and the fire.
The mountains having Chir Pine forests are brown with the pine needles. They are called Pirul in the local language. These pine needles are like gunpowder. They are the fuel that sets the forests on fire. Kumaon hills.