Black and foul smelling leachate from the garbage dump has spread all around the area, contaminating ground water and destroying agriculture. As a result, village residents are forced to use packaged water.
Black and foul smelling leachate from the garbage dump has spread all around the area, contaminating ground water and destroying agriculture. As a result, village residents are forced to use packaged water.
A young boy points to the cracks on the houses in Sumdum, serving as a reminder to the tragedy that struck. The then chief minister, Vijay Bahuguna, had promised Rs 3,000 to those who had been displaced due to the floods but without a proper rehabilitatio
Houses damaged in the floods. The owners are now living as tenants in Dharchula town. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna promised them Rs 3, 000 rent per month for the next one year. Some of them have been getting Rs 1,500 for past two months
Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
Repairing of the Badrinath highway has not been completed despite the Chardham Yatra for the current year reaching its peak. The Modi government had recently ensured that safe passage to pilgrims during the Chardham Yatra and Amarnath Yatra would be made
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
A landslide would be enough to wipe out the entire village of Sumdum in Pithoragarh district. People live in constant fear of the mountains which have now developed cracks
Bhima Singh of Bathinda's Jethuka village kept his field (right) ready for transplanting paddy saplings (left) days before June 15, the legal date for beginning transplantation, Punjab
Fifty students attend the free school under the bridge every day in New Delhi. They first sweep the place and the roll out their mats to start classes. After studying here, many of them have been able to clear their school enrolment tests and now receive formal education, says Sh
Bhima Singh of Bathinda's Jethuka village kept his field (right) ready for transplanting paddy saplings (left) days before June 15, the legal date for beginning transplantation in Punjab