From the archive record
Buffalos crowd into a village pond in the lower hills of Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand. A village sabha takes place where the village men and women explain the trouble they are facing due to water shortages. Watch these villagers' testimonials on drought in the Himalaya. Uttarakhand seems to be blighted by drought and floods, with little by way of moderation. A teacher in Child Development, Bindra Devi speaks about the problems faced by women in the rural areas of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand, she says, "The women here are not educated they don't have awareness about anything. They do their work all the day and there is no enough water in this area. We educate them and tell them to get the education so that they can think about themselves. So many residents of this village are landless and th