From dry despair to green hopes
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Sutapa Ghosh
Villagers demonstrating how they take measurements for …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Work on pastureland development will be taken up on this stretch …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Every farmer has about 1 - 2 bighas of land which is used for …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
The milk centre and fodder store. The person incharge holds out …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Villagers showing the encroachment on pasturelands on the …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Work on Chaukas in progress in another part of the village
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Sutapa Ghosh
A villager picking 'Ker' fruits - a fruit which has a high value …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Members of the Self Help Groups - in the centre the woman who …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Members of the Self Help Groups - in the centre the woman who …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Water is scarce - a villager pumping out water for cattle
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Sutapa Ghosh
Work on Chaukas in progress
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Sutapa Ghosh
Common land where work on Choukas would start in the near future
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Sutapa Ghosh
Chouka work in progress
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Sutapa Ghosh
Section of a traditional well used for drinking water for livestock
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Sutapa Ghosh
Different parts of a traditional well. This part is used for …
by
Sutapa Ghosh
Talaai used only for drinking purposes, villagers have their own …
by
Suruchi Jain
Common land which has been afforested as part of the watershed …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Waterworks in progress on this plot of land
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Sutapa Ghosh
Sonamukhi - a medicinal plant is grown by villagers here, this …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Water level measuring device
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Sutapa Ghosh
A boring machine for digging bore wells doing the rounds
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Surya Sen
Firewood being transported
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Surya Sen
A dried borewell covered with a stone in rural Andhra Pradesh
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Surya Sen
A dried borewell covered with a stone in rural Andhra Pradesh
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Surya Sen
A farmer shows his dried up borewell
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Surya Sen
A farmer shows his dried up borewell
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Surya Sen
A farmer shows his borewell
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Surya Sen
A farmer shows his borewell
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Surya Sen
A farmer shows his borewell
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Surya Sen
Villagers demonstrating how they take measurements for constructing Chaukas (dyked pastures) in pasturelands
Work on pastureland development will be taken up on this stretch of common land in the village
Every farmer has about 1 - 2 bighas of land which is used for growing fodder.
The milk centre and fodder store. The person incharge holds out the accredition it received from the Saras Dairy Cooperative
Villagers showing the encroachment on pasturelands on the cadastral map obtained from the District Collectorate
Work on Chaukas in progress in another part of the village
A villager picking 'Ker' fruits - a fruit which has a high value in the market and is another source of livelihood for the villagers
Members of the Self Help Groups - in the centre the woman who leads the group, she has motivated other villagers to start work on pasturelands by requesting them to give up their encroachments
Members of the Self Help Groups - in the centre the woman who leads the group, she has motivated other villagers to start work on pasturelands by requesting them to give up their encroachments
Water is scarce - a villager pumping out water for cattle
Common land where work on Choukas would start in the near future
Section of a traditional well used for drinking water for livestock
Different parts of a traditional well. This part is used for drinking water for livestock
Talaai used only for drinking purposes, villagers have their own rules for keeping it clean, no one bathes or washes on its banks
Common land which has been afforested as part of the watershed Programme
Waterworks in progress on this plot of land
Sonamukhi - a medicinal plant is grown by villagers here, this crop requires very little water and generates good revenue for the people
A boring machine for digging bore wells doing the rounds
A dried borewell covered with a stone in rural Andhra Pradesh
A dried borewell covered with a stone in rural Andhra Pradesh
