“monsoon”

hills · flowers

A group of trekkers crossing a high-altitude alpine meadow in Uttarakhand during the monsoon season. Carrying backpacks and trekking poles, they follow a narrow trail along a green ridge dotted with blue and yellow wildflowers.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Floods hit Dehradun as climate change hits home! Sahastradhara floods over, while shops and dhabas go under water.

monsoon · highway

Urban flooding in Delhi, India, during a period of exceptionally high water levels and monsoon-related inundation.

hills · monsoon

This video showcases the calm and dramatic beauty of Meghalaya, where lush green hills stretch beneath a heavily overcast and cloud-filled sky.

politics · monsoon

Jama Masjid fast forward! The crowds on the steps of the Red Fort, hawkers on the street-side, fruit sellers with their carts, monsoon rain water in the channel and much more life 'happening' in Old Delhi! Delhi, officially National Capital…

Gujarat·desert · school

In the wastelands of India, is 'zero land', known as such because no survey has been carried out there in over sixty years since the British left India. This is the Rann of Kutch.

river · monsoon

Tea workers working in a tea nursery. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Tea worker sorting out seeds at a tea nursery in India. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Summer-monsoon, when everything comes to a standstill with the downpour as heavy as can been seen in the video, Nepal experiences this quite often.

aerial · industry

Industrial sheds, factories and manufacturing hubs interspersed with fields and residential areas: a melange of human urban activity around Bangkok city, as seen aerially. Also, see aerial footage of a golf course in Thailand.

Rajasthan·village · monsoon

Monsoon showers give an unusual sight to the dry state of Rajasthan. In Sonkhaliya in Ajmer district, sudden showers result in floods in the fields.

monsoon · snow

From 14 to 17 June 2013, the Indian state of Uttarakhand and adjoining area received heavy rainfall, which was about 375 percent more than the benchmark rainfall during a normal monsoon.This caused the melting of Chorabari Glacier at the he…

Uttarakhand·monsoon

Ganga in pre-monsoon flood spate, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. The waters are coming down thick and fast and are a deep muddy brown in colour. The Lachman or Lakshaman Jhula bridge can be seen in the distance as can the town of Rishikesh.

monsoon

After heavy rainfall in Delhi, a cycle rickshaw wala (driver) dries himself and changes his shirt.

monsoon · highway

Monsoon vignettes - crowns from falling water droplets! Heavy rains in Delhi slow down the traffic and give commuters a hard time navigating flooded streets. Rains effect smooth flow of vehicles and many locations are jammed.

monsoon

The R K Khanna Tennis stadium in Delhi is a stadium which hosts national and international tennis events. It will be in active use during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

monsoon · livestock

Amidst the rhythmic chaos of Delhi’s monsoon season, the city transforms into a living canvas of contrasts. As rainwater floods the streets, reflections of headlights dance across the surface, capturing the pulse of an urban jungle.

Gujarat·monsoon · desert

Orange globe of a sun sets over the salt pans and desert-lands of the Rann of Kutch. The Great Rann of Kutch, along with the Little Rann of Kutch and the Banni grasslands on its southern edge, is situated in the district of Kutch and compri…

Madhya Pradesh·monsoon · river

Had the irrigation and PWD departments been more sensitive, this accident would not have take place.

industry · river

Workers engaged in a process of tea plantation in Assam. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

monsoon

A block of stone or cement, a make-shift chair, a shelf with barber's supplied and a simple mirror, and voila - a new hair-cutting salon is born! And that too, over an open sewer/drain in Dehra dun, Uttarakhand, India.

Jammu and Kashmir·river · monsoon

The state of Jammu & Kashmir is largely submerged after monsoons flooded the area. In September 2014, the Jammu & Kashmir region was hit by heavy floods caused by torrential rainfall.

monsoon

The rains in capital made the Delhites roar with joy as it cooled off the scorching heat of the city. So we can say that the monsoon finally sets in on the 5th of June in Delhi.

monsoon · old town

Rainy Day in Chandini Chowk. Chandni Chowk is the major street in the walled city of Old Delhi, which was originally called Shahjahanabad.