Ghonghepur village of Saharsa lies outside the western embankment of the Kosi, yet for most part of the year it remains surrounded by water. A large area between the Kosi and its tributary Kamla Balan is waterlogged, though it is "protected" by embankments
Ghonghepur village of Saharsa lies outside the western embankment of the Kosi, yet for most part of the year it remains surrounded by water. A large area between the Kosi and its tributary Kamla Balan is waterlogged, though it is "protected" by embankments
A boy in Bangor village in Bihar's Saharsa district holds homemade lamps called dibiya in the local language. The make is similar to a Molotov cocktail. The village is on a large sand bar in the middle of the Kosi river. Over 100 villages in the the sand bar do not have power supply.
A boy in Bangor village in Bihar's Saharsa district holds homemade lamps called dibiya in the local language. The make is similar to a Molotov cocktail. The village is on a large sand bar in the middle of the Kosi river. Over 100 villages in the the sand bar do not have power supply.
A boy in Bangor village in Bihar's Saharsa district holds homemade lamps called dibiya in the local language. The make is similar to a Molotov cocktail. The village is on a large sand bar in the middle of the Kosi river. Over 100 villages in the the sand bar do not have power supply.
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.