A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which …
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which …
Fences are warnings against intrusion. The aliuenation of the …
A road in the Kumaon mountains on a rainy day.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the …
The road acts as a fireline. Trees at the foreground are burnt …
A burnt patch of forest land with a dead look. Almora.
A burning patch of forest in the Kumaon hills.
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
The forest fires were so intense that even after three days of …
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the …
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the …
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat …
Dried chir pine trees. A lot of these dried pine trees can be …
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
The mountains having Chir Pine forests are brown with the pine …
A patch of burning forest, Kumaon hills.
A Kumaoni baraat, somewhere near Almora.
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which looked like a gate to nowhere. This is quite queer on a rainy day when there is no one around.
Two LPG cylinders are left on the two posts of the gate which looked like a gate to nowhere. This is quite queer on a rainy day when there is no one around.
Fences are warnings against intrusion. The aliuenation of the villagers from the forests is one of the major causes of devastation by fires this year.
A road in the Kumaon mountains on a rainy day.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
Forest department quarters and notices at the entrance of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary was almost entirely gutted by the forest fires this year.
The road acts as a fireline. Trees at the foreground are burnt and the ones at the back, across the road are not as the fire on the Pirul couldn’t find a connecting trail across the road. Binsar, Almora.
A burnt patch of forest land with a dead look. Almora.
A burning patch of forest in the Kumaon hills.
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)
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)
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the intensity of the fires. Drying oak trees were also seen in the high altitudes of Himachal this year due to intense and unusual heat conditions.
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat generated by the fire.
Green oak trees that have turned black and white due to the intensity of the fires. Drying oak trees were also seen in the high altitudes of Himachal this year due to intense and unusual heat conditions.
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat generated by the fire.
Pine trees have dried up to the top due to the fire and the heat generated by the fire.
Dried chir pine trees. A lot of these dried pine trees can be seen in the Uttarakhand hills. The trees have dried up because of the heat, both of the atmosphere and the fire.
May, 1999 ,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
Terrace farming in the Kumaon hills.
The mountains having Chir Pine forests are brown with the pine needles. They are called Pirul in the local language. These pine needles are like gunpowder. They are the fuel that sets the forests on fire. Kumaon hills.
