Group of men travel to Uttarakhand to extract the valuable gum (lisa) from pine trees. Sundeep Rana of West Bengal, who earns Rs. 20-25 thousand by selling the gum, may have to go empty handed this year.
Group of men travel to Uttarakhand to extract the valuable gum (lisa) from pine trees. Sundeep Rana of West Bengal, who earns Rs. 20-25 thousand by selling the gum, may have to go empty handed this year.
Vikram Chetri is one of the many people from the Northeast who travel to Uttarakhand every year to extract resin from pine forests. He normally earns Rs 25,000 per season, but has earned nothing this year due to the fire