Sandy terrain of the agro - climatic zone where this village lies
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Sutapa Ghosh
Pastoralism is the main livelihood of the people of Rajasthan. A …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Khejri tree, desert species
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Sutapa Ghosh
Huge courtyard and the mughal style haveli mark the land of Shekawatis
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Sutapa Ghosh
Farmers use sprinklers to irrigate their fields. Government had …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Traditional method of drawing water from open well
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Sutapa Ghosh
An environmental education programme has Been started in the …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Common land in the village
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Sutapa Ghosh
Stone pitched anicut
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Sutapa Ghosh
The watershed committee chairman showing the site were future …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Stone pitched anicut on a monsoonal river
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Sutapa Ghosh
Drainage course
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Sutapa Ghosh
Waste land in the village
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Sutapa Ghosh
Horticulture plants were given to tubewell owners. In the picture …
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Sutapa Ghosh
People live in separate clusters, Dhanis in the village. This …
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Sutapa Ghosh
A woman showing a scar mark from monkey attack and justifies the …
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Sutapa Ghosh
A woman from the Balai community who related how she had run into …
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Sutapa Ghosh
An enthusiastic and motivated school teacher who started the …
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Sutapa Ghosh
A traditional well with cattle drinking from the trough
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Sutapa Ghosh
Members of the Self Help Group, formed through the efforts of the …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Members of the Self Help Group, formed through the efforts of the …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Drainage course, small ephemeral streams flow as runoff for a few …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Desert species
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Sutapa Ghosh
A dug out pit for storing water during construction work
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Sutapa Ghosh
A half done spillway
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Sutapa Ghosh
Due to electricity problems many farmers have constructed tanks …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Women just collect Twigs and Strewn leaves from the forest for …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Reboring has been done in several places as the water table had …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Kheli - Cattle troughs which were distributed to farmers as part …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Part of the field bund, sometimes the base gets weakened due to …
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Sutapa Ghosh
Sandy terrain of the agro - climatic zone where this village lies
Pastoralism is the main livelihood of the people of Rajasthan. A khejri tree in the pix
Khejri tree, desert species
Huge courtyard and the mughal style haveli mark the land of Shekawatis
Farmers use sprinklers to irrigate their fields. Government had introduced sprinkler irrigation at subsidised rates for farmers after the Dhod Block in Sikar District was declared a dark zone.
Traditional method of drawing water from open well
An environmental education programme has Been started in the school through the initiative of a school teacher
Common land in the village
Stone pitched anicut
The watershed committee chairman showing the site were future waterworks need to be carried out. In the picture a drainage channel
Stone pitched anicut on a monsoonal river
Drainage course
Waste land in the village
Horticulture plants were given to tubewell owners. In the picture a tubewell in the field of a farmer who owned 100 bighas of land
People live in separate clusters, Dhanis in the village. This women Belongs to the Balai community. The Locals from this Dhani did not partricipate in the waterworks of the village
A woman showing a scar mark from monkey attack and justifies the reason for villagers why villagers started moving out to Dhanis clusters just beside their farm plots
A woman from the Balai community who related how she had run into debts by borrowing money at high interest rates - usually More than 60% from money lenders. These communities were supposed to have benefitted from the watershed programme through the formation of Self Help Groups, but the project implementing agencies were unable to gain people's confidence
An enthusiastic and motivated school teacher who started the environmental education course in the school using some funds from the government watershed programme
A traditional well with cattle drinking from the trough
Members of the Self Help Group, formed through the efforts of the Alwar based NGO Ibtada
Members of the Self Help Group, formed through the efforts of the Alwar based NGO Ibtada
Drainage course, small ephemeral streams flow as runoff for a few hours after a heavy shower
Desert species
A dug out pit for storing water during construction work
A half done spillway
Due to electricity problems many farmers have constructed tanks to store the water lifted by pump sets from the well
Women just collect Twigs and Strewn leaves from the forest for firewood. Communities have set rules for not cutting trees in the forest land
Kheli - Cattle troughs which were distributed to farmers as part of the programme
