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Despite a ban on plastic bags, Mussoorie, the hill station in Uttarakhand, is struggling to handle its plastic waste. As local authorities blame tourism for the ecological mess, the town awaits an effective solid waste management plan.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Shifting cultivation exposes state to soil erosion hazards.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Shifting cultivation exposes state to soil erosion hazards.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
by
Vikas Choudhary
Tribal man carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
by
Vikas Choudhary
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
by
Vikas Choudhary
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
by
Vikas Choudhary
A mobile medical unit (MMU) at Golawand village in Chhattisgarh deployed to arrest malnutrition among children. Started in 2004, the state today has 15 MMUs in five districts. A mobile unit usually has a physician, nurse and a pharmacist and can carry out basic tests to check the nutrition levels in children.
by
Vikas Choudhary
A mobile medical unit (MMU) at Golawand village in Chhattisgarh deployed to arrest malnutrition among children. Started in 2004, the state today has 15 MMUs in five districts. A mobile unit usually has a physician, nurse and a pharmacist and can carry out basic tests to check the nutrition levels in children.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women and children gather to get immunization services. Social audits though say that healthcare facilities are poor and irregular
by
Vikas Choudhary
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
by
Vikas Choudhary
A man climbing a jackfruit tree. Most habitations have a variety of fruit trees
by
Vikas Choudhary
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
by
Vikas Choudhary
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
A Bonda woman, Buddhai Mundali, 65, in a traditional attire. Women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
by
Vikas Choudhary
Ideally, the waste needs to be washed to remove oil. For this, one needs to install a de-watering machine that washes and removes excess water from the waste. This is a water-intensive process. About 500 litres of water is required to wash 1,000kg of waste.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Wet waste is collected and segregated to be fed into instant composting machine. In case, the waste contains bigger and harder chunks, a shredder needs to be installed separately to process those.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Wet waste is collected and segregated to be fed into instant composting machine. In case, the waste contains bigger and harder chunks, a shredder needs to be installed separately to process those.
by
Vikas Choudhary
The waste is loaded into the instant composter where it is treated at 35-45 degrees Celsius in the presence of thermophilic, or heat-loving, bacteris.
by
Vikas Choudhary
Officials in Kurukshetra's Bir Amin village convince farmers about the viability of switching from paddy to maize and pulses
by
Vikas Choudhary
Officials in Kurukshetra's Bir Amin village convince farmers about the viability of switching from paddy to maize and pulses
by
Vikas Choudhary
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DIG064891
Despite a ban on plastic bags, Mussoorie, the hill station in Uttarakhand, is struggling to handle its plastic waste. As local authorities blame tourism for the ecological mess, the town awaits an effective solid waste management plan.
Vikas Choudhary
,
August, 2019 ,
Mussoorie
,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Plastics
,
Non-Biodegradable Waste
,
Waste Disposal
,
Solid Waste
,
Hazardous Waste
,
Waste Management
,
Mussoorie
,
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064880
Shifting cultivation exposes state to soil erosion hazards.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Kohima (D)
,
Nagaland
Agriculture
,
Shifting Cultivation
,
Land Degradation
,
Soil Erosion
,
Kohima (D)
,
Nagaland
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064876
Shifting cultivation exposes state to soil erosion hazards.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Kohima (D)
,
Nagaland
Agriculture
,
Shifting Cultivation
,
Land Degradation
,
Soil Erosion
,
Kohima (D)
,
Nagaland
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064815
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Chhattisgarh
Headlodders
,
Firewood
,
Women
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064812
Tribal man carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Chhattisgarh
Tribals
,
Firewood
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064811
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Chhattisgarh
Headlodders
,
Firewood
,
Women
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064809
Women carrying a bundle of firewood from forest
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Chhattisgarh
Headlodders
,
Firewood
,
Women
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064803
A mobile medical unit (MMU) at Golawand village in Chhattisgarh deployed to arrest malnutrition among children. Started in 2004, the state today has 15 MMUs in five districts. A mobile unit usually has a physician, nurse and a pharmacist and can carry out basic tests to check the nutrition levels in children.
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Golawand village
,
Chhattisgarh
Health Care
,
Child Health
,
Malnutrition
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064799
A mobile medical unit (MMU) at Golawand village in Chhattisgarh deployed to arrest malnutrition among children. Started in 2004, the state today has 15 MMUs in five districts. A mobile unit usually has a physician, nurse and a pharmacist and can carry out basic tests to check the nutrition levels in children.
Vikas Choudhary
,
January, 2019 ,
Golawand village
,
Chhattisgarh
Health Care
,
Child Health
,
Malnutrition
,
Chhattisgarh
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064793
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Agriculture
,
Paddy
,
Women
,
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064791
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Agriculture
,
Paddy
,
Women
,
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064790
Bonda tribals women working in the paddy field
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Agriculture
,
Paddy
,
Women
,
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064775
Bonda women and children gather to get immunization services. Social audits though say that healthcare facilities are poor and irregular
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Health Care
,
Women
,
Children
,
Vaccination
,
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064768
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064740
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Drinking Water
,
Rural Water Supply
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064727
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064721
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064715
Bonda women have to walk for almost 30 km each day down the hills to sell their forest produce
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064702
A man climbing a jackfruit tree. Most habitations have a variety of fruit trees
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Jackfruit
,
Agriculture
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064687
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Drinking Water
,
Rural Water Supply
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064686
A stream in Mudlipada village, most households do not have the facility of piped drinking water or handpumps. So Bonda women have to sometimes walk for many kilometers to fetch water.
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Drinking Water
,
Rural Water Supply
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064662
Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064639
A Bonda woman, Buddhai Mundali, 65, in a traditional attire. Women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Women
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064625
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064619
A Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064616
Bonda women wear various types of rings and necklaces around their bodies
Vikas Choudhary
,
February, 2018 ,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
Tribals
,
Bonda
,
Migration
,
Poverty
,
Women
,
Malkangiri (D)
,
Orissa (Odisha)
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064606
Ideally, the waste needs to be washed to remove oil. For this, one needs to install a de-watering machine that washes and removes excess water from the waste. This is a water-intensive process. About 500 litres of water is required to wash 1,000kg of waste.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
Waste Management
,
Composting
,
Biodegradable Waste
,
Urban Habitat
,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064602
Wet waste is collected and segregated to be fed into instant composting machine. In case, the waste contains bigger and harder chunks, a shredder needs to be installed separately to process those.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
Waste Management
,
Composting
,
Biodegradable Waste
,
Urban Habitat
,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064601
Wet waste is collected and segregated to be fed into instant composting machine. In case, the waste contains bigger and harder chunks, a shredder needs to be installed separately to process those.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
Waste Management
,
Composting
,
Biodegradable Waste
,
Urban Habitat
,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064600
The waste is loaded into the instant composter where it is treated at 35-45 degrees Celsius in the presence of thermophilic, or heat-loving, bacteris.
Vikas Choudhary
,
July, 2019 ,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
Waste Management
,
Composting
,
Biodegradable Waste
,
Urban Habitat
,
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064598
Officials in Kurukshetra's Bir Amin village convince farmers about the viability of switching from paddy to maize and pulses
Vikas Choudhary
,
May, 2019 ,
Kurukshetra
,
Haryana
Agriculture
,
Farmers
,
Irrigation
,
Water Demand
,
Paddy
,
Kurukshetra (D)
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063
DIG064595
Officials in Kurukshetra's Bir Amin village convince farmers about the viability of switching from paddy to maize and pulses
Vikas Choudhary
,
May, 2019 ,
Kurukshetra
,
Haryana
Agriculture
,
Farmers
,
Irrigation
,
Water Demand
,
Paddy
,
Kurukshetra (D)
,
Haryana
,
DVD NO.
MDVDDP063