Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the …
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
A burning patch of forest in the Kumaon hills.
A burnt patch of forest land with a dead look. Almora.
The road acts as a fireline. Trees at the foreground are burnt …
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
A road in the Kumaon mountains on a rainy day.
Fences are warnings against intrusion. The aliuenation of the …
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which …
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which …
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
A rainy day in the mountains.
People waiting for a bus.
The villagers burn the thatch, leaves and other things in their …
The villagers burn the thatch, leaves and other things in their …
Fires that are burning in the fields. The villagers burn their …
Fires that are burning in the fields. The villagers burn their …
Sun rays penetrating from the clouds, Kumaon hills.
Greenery.
A view of Pithoragarh from Chandag.
A closed magnesite factory in Chandag.
A view of Pithoragarh from Chandag.
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat generated by the fire.
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the intensity of the fires. Drying oak trees were also seen in the high altitudes of Himachal this year due to intense and unusual heat conditions.
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat generated by the fire.
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the intensity of the fires. Drying oak trees were also seen in the high altitudes of Himachal this year due to intense and unusual heat conditions.
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 burning patch of forest in the Kumaon hills.
A burnt patch of forest land with a dead look. Almora.
The road acts as a fireline. Trees at the foreground are burnt and the ones at the back, across the road are not as the fire on the Pirul couldn’t find a connecting trail across the road. Binsar, Almora.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
A road in the Kumaon mountains on a rainy day.
Fences are warnings against intrusion. The aliuenation of the villagers from the forests is one of the major causes of devastation by fires this year.
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which looked like a gate to nowhere. This is quite queer on a rainy day when there is no one around.
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which looked like a gate to nowhere. This is quite queer on a rainy day when there is no one around.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
The villagers burn the thatch, leaves and other things in their paddy fields just before tilling the land. Forest officials say that this also leads to forest fires.
The villagers burn the thatch, leaves and other things in their paddy fields just before tilling the land. Forest officials say that this also leads to forest fires.
Fires that are burning in the fields. The villagers burn their fields before tilling and this sometimes leads to forest fires.
Fires that are burning in the fields. The villagers burn their fields before tilling and this sometimes leads to forest fires.
Sun rays penetrating from the clouds, Kumaon hills.
A closed magnesite factory in Chandag.
