Some wild flower in the Kumaon hills.
Manure in front of an orchard. Leaves of trees are firest used as …
Water harvesting structures in the Kumaon hills. This house in …
A tank on a shrot (underground water channel), the most …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
Burnt forest in the Kumaon hills.
A desi bhains(buffalo) having a go at a peach tree in Sonapani, …
Burnt forest in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
ByAapril, all the mountain slopes with pine trees are covered …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Dried chir pine trees. A lot of these dried pine trees can be …
A patch of burning forest, Kumaon hills.
The mountains having Chir Pine forests are brown with the pine …
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Dried chir pine trees. A lot of these dried pine trees can be …
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Some wild flower in the Kumaon hills.
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.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
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.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
A desi bhains(buffalo) having a go at a peach tree in Sonapani, Nainital.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
ByAapril, all the mountain slopes with pine trees are covered with pine needles.
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.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon hills.
Burnt patches of forests in the Kumaon 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.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
A patch of burning forest, Kumaon hills.
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.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon 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.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
