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.
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.
Faecal sludge treatment plant at Bansberia in West Bengal. The company operating the plant recycles faecal sludge and sells the biocompost at Rs 750/50 kg
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
A fisherman dries fish near the Kosi riverbank in Bihar. Fish drying is a popular economic activity in this part of the country. Fisherfolk usually catch locally known varieties like Tengra, Patasi, Kothi, Reba and Kesra for supply to Jammu and Kashmir, Siliguri in West Bengal and other parts of the country. The fish is usually dried on long bamboo structures and flipped for uniform drying in the sun.
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans. At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat. In 2007, West Bengal increased the size of the area reserved for the Royal Bengal tiger by 1,800 square kilometres
Ho tribes people roast a freshly-sacrificed he-goat over a wood fire at Gara Raja Basa village near Chaibasa town in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. The Ho are Jharkhand's fourth-largest tribe and are also found in neighbouring Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.
Ho tribes people roast a freshly-sacrificed he-goat over a wood fire at Gara Raja Basa village near Chaibasa town in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. The Ho are Jharkhand's fourth-largest tribe and are also found in neighbouring Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.
Villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal are trying to revive the traditional practice of inter-cropping on forest land they have claimed under the Forest Rights Act.