Scene of the weekly market in Bijupur, a nearby small town - an opportunity to sell the firewood scavanged from the forest. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, headloading is the sole support to a huge and thriving economy, whose turnover is US $16.54 billion. The trade is deemed illegal.
Scene of the weekly market in Bijupur, a nearby small town - an opportunity to sell the firewood scavanged from the forest. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, headloading is the sole support to a huge and thriving economy, whose turnover is US $16.54 billion. The trade is deemed illegal.
Firewood being loaded on bus. After the railways stopped transportation of firewood, headloaders now have to use the bus to take them to the market which cost more than the railways.
Firewood being loaded on bus. After the railways stopped transportation of firewood, headloaders now have to use the bus to take them to the market which cost more than the railways.
Scene of the weekly market in Bijupur, a nearby small town - an opportunity to sell the firewood scavanged from the forest. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, headloading is the sole support to a huge and thriving economy, whose turnover is US $16.54 billion. The trade is deemed illegal.
Firewood being loaded on bus. After the railways stopped transportation of firewood, headloaders now have to use the bus to take them to the market which cost more than the railways.
Firewood being loaded on bus. After the railways stopped transportation of firewood, headloaders now have to use the bus to take them to the market which cost more than the railways.
Scene of the weekly market in Bijupur, a nearby small town - an opportunity to sell the firewood scavanged from the forest. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, headloading is the sole support to a huge and thriving economy, whose turnover is US $16.54 billion. The trade is deemed illegal.
Scene of the weekly market in Bijupur, a nearby small town - an opportunity to sell the firewood scavanged from the forest. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, headloading is the sole support to a huge and thriving economy, whose turnover is US $16.54 billion. The trade is deemed illegal.