About million people live on the Kosi floodplain between two embankments. Here the Kosi is constantly depositing sand at some places and eroding land at others
About million people live on the Kosi floodplain between two embankments. Here the Kosi is constantly depositing sand at some places and eroding land at others
About million people live on the Kosi floodplain between two embankments. Here the Kosi is constantly depositing sand at some places and eroding land at others
Ishwar Das drags a bundle of jute stalks from a pond in Supaul district of Bihar after soaking them for days to remove fibers. The waterlogged land along the embankments of the Kosi river is used for growing jute.
Ishwar Das drags a bundle of jute stalks from a pond in Supaul district of Bihar after soaking them for days to remove fibers. The waterlogged land along the embankments of the Kosi river is used for growing jute.
Ishwar Das drags a bundle of jute stalks from a pond in Supaul district of Bihar after soaking them for days to remove fibers. The waterlogged land along the embankments of the Kosi river is used for growing jute.
Ishwar Das drags a bundle of jute stalks from a pond in Supaul district of Bihar after soaking them for days to remove fibers. The waterlogged land along the embankments of the Kosi river is used for growing jute.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
Singrauli continues to be one of the worst polluted areas due to coal mining. While Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group, Baigas living in close proximity of these mines continue to face displacement often returning back to the forests from the resettlement colonies, towns such as Morwa, that caters to the local coal mining industry are set to get displaced.
'I was allotted 0.4 hectare in 1992, but am yet to get possession. My family members are forced to work as labourers" – Noordin Mian, resident, Salaha village
'I was allotted 0.4 hectare in 1992, but am yet to get possession. My family members are forced to work as labourers" – Noordin Mian, resident, Salaha village
'I was allotted 0.4 hectare in 1992, but am yet to get possession. My family members are forced to work as labourers" – Noordin Mian, resident, Salaha village
'I was allotted 0.4 hectare in 1992, but am yet to get possession. My family members are forced to work as labourers" – Noordin Mian, resident, Salaha village
"It's ironic that sometimes we have to works as labourers on the same piece of land that has been allotted to us" - Ganesh Paswan, resident of Bargajwa village
"Around 50,000 farmers in West Champaran are yet to get possession of the land allotted to them" - Pankaj, member, Operation Dakhal Dihani, a state government initiative to help landless people
"Around 50,000 farmers in West Champaran are yet to get possession of the land allotted to them" - Pankaj, member, Operation Dakhal Dihani, a state government initiative to help landless people
A foundation stone marking the visit of Mahatma Gandhi to the Kuria bungalow in West Champaran on April 26, 1917. The stone bears names of two women indigo farmers, Telin and Badhayin, who narrated their woes to Gandhi