Sunset on a cloudy day. Almora.
Sunset on a cloudy day. Almora.
Sunset on a cloudy day. Almora.
People working in the agricultural fields in the mountains, …
People working in the agricultural fields in the mountains, …
Man is tilling the land and the women behind him were sort of …
A green valley of crops in the middle of the mountains. The drain …
An old women walking past a fallen pine tree. Fallen pine trees …
Prem Kumar a Kumaoni folk singer. It is said he can sing for …
Hari Dutt Petshali of Chitai village, Almora. He is a writer and …
Anand Pandey of Paryavaran Gram, an NGO of Basoli, Almora. This …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. …
Manure in front of an orchard. Leaves of trees are firest used as …
Water harvesting structures in the Kumaon hills. This house in …
A tank on a shrot (underground water channel), the most …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
People working in the agricultural fields in the mountains, Basoli village, Almora.
People working in the agricultural fields in the mountains, Basoli village, Almora.
Man is tilling the land and the women behind him were sort of hammering the soil with hammers that look like the polo clubs. And they all walk in a row.
A green valley of crops in the middle of the mountains. The drain at the foreground used for irrigation purposes.
An old women walking past a fallen pine tree. Fallen pine trees are found everywhere in the mountains after the forest fires as the fires eats through the trees. Almora.
Prem Kumar a Kumaoni folk singer. It is said he can sing for three days at a go.
Hari Dutt Petshali of Chitai village, Almora. He is a writer and promoter of folk art. He has written books on Kumaoni folk tales and the Kumaon mountains.
Anand Pandey of Paryavaran Gram, an NGO of Basoli, Almora. This organisation is fighting with the people around the Binsar Sanctuary, Almora.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
A burnt patch of forest in the Sonapani estate of Nainital. As black pacthes of burnt forests were a familiar sight, this patch is absolutely burnt black. This patch of forest is also shrowded by controversy.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Charred memories of a devastating fire in the Sonapani estate. The Sonapani estate is bought by the Maharshi Medical Corporation. Allmost all the trees in the estate have been felled. It is a big controversy now. Nobody knows who set fire to the felled trees. Nanital.
Manure in front of an orchard. Leaves of trees are firest used as beds for the cattle in the sattlesheds. When they decompose, they became manure, along with the cattle excreta.
Water harvesting structures in the Kumaon hills. This house in the Satoli village, Nainital, has a concrete tank which is linked to the roof. It stores the rainwater that falls on the roof of the house. This is a part of a World Bank project for drinking water in Uttarakhand villages. People say they can have three months of drinking water from these tanks.
A tank on a shrot (underground water channel), the most traditional way of harvesting water in the mountains of Uttarakhand. Water from these perennial shrots are stored in these tanks.
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)