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Unseasonal rain, hailstorm lash state, damage standing crops - India

politics · monsoon

Unseasonal rains have destroyed over 10 lakh hectares of standing crop across the country. The heavy loss is likely to have an adverse effect on prices of food items which may rise putting the Narendra Modi government in a crisis situation.…

Lush Mustard field near Ludhiana in Punjab

farmland · monsoon

India is the third largest rapeseed-mustard producer in the world after China and Canada with 12 per cent of world’s total production (2006-07).

Farmers of Uttar Pradesh go about planting rice paddies in time for south-west monsoon

monsoon

Hardworking Indian farmers sowing rice crops ahead of monsoon in Uttar Pradesh, India. Uttar Pradesh is the fourth largest state in country.

Rice is one of the chief crops of Monsoon Asia, in Uttar Pradesh

monsoon

Hardworking Indian farmers sowing rice crops ahead of monsoon in Uttar Pradesh, India. Uttar Pradesh is the fourth largest state in country.

Bony weak emaciated oxen pull plough for Gujarati farmer in Indian monsoon

farmland · monsoon

Are these Gujarati farmers broadcasting seeds or fertilizer on their fields in the Indian monsoon season planting season? Cattle Egrets follow their thin bulls as they pull the plough for creating furrows in their rain moistened fields...

Aerial Delhi: Yamuna flood plain with vegetable cultivation - agriculture in India

aerial · river

An aerial view of Yamuna river in Delhi, an aerial view of Yamuna Flood plain and vegetable cultivation agriculture. Beside the Yamuna Bank, vegetables are grown in the river bank using the water flushed down from human waste.

Rice fields being planted in Western Ghats monsoon, paddy crop trans-plantation, farmers in fields

farmland · monsoon

Sahyadri farmers work in their fields, with much monsoon rain water draining into the fields. Paddy crop if transplanted in time for the heaviest rains.

Paddy fields as far as eye can see, in north India monsoon bounty, soon to burn, cause air pollution, in Uttar Pradesh

farmland · monsoon

These lovely fields of rice paddies take full advantage of the monsoon rains that are treating north India to much-needed precipitation profusion, allowing the cultivation of a water-consuming crop like paddy.

Paddy fields near Vangani town in Maharashtra: post monsoon rice harvest time approaches

farmland · monsoon

The stark green-ness of this post monsoon profusion of rice paddies in the fields outside Vangani town in Maharashtra shows the verdant moist nature of the flanks of the Western Ghats and their amenity to agriculture, especially water-greed…

Paddy harvest time in the middle hills of Uttarakhand Himalaya - post monsoon agricultural bounty

farmland · hills

Rice paddies are cultivated in step cultivation form in the Himalaya. The rice fields are stepped down the hillside, with each field a foot or so lower so that the steepness of the hill is tamed and water can flow evenly from one field to t…

Rice farming: women transplant paddy in a flooded field, in Uttar Pradesh

farmland · monsoon

Early monsoon, when rains have flooded the fields, is the perfect time to transplant young green paddy in the wet earth. Women in a village in Uttar Pradesh get together to transplant paddy while standing in ankle-deep water.

Kalindi Khal final snow field climb to high altitude pass in upper Garhwal Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

Setting up tents at Base camp for the Kalindi Khal trek, alongside the Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

Deep snowpack traverse to Kalindi Khal ridge in difficult monsoon time trek in Garhwal Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · monsoon

Walking through deep snowpack Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

River crossing en route Kalindi Khal trek in Uttarakhand, in high altitude monsoon wet countryside

hills · monsoon

Walking through deep snowpack Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

Climbing in blackout conditions, under overcast skies, heading to Kalindi Khal in Uttarakhand

hills · monsoon

Setting up tents on the way to Kalindi Pass in Garhwal. See a glacial melt-water lake on the lateral side of a glacial moraine.

Trekkers take deep snow pit stop while climbing atop Kalindi Khal in Himalaya: 19K feet altitude, in Badrinath

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Trekkers have a deep snowpack pit stop for rest while climbing atop Kalindi Khal, at near 20K feet altitude Walking in near white out conditions, with no visibility en route Kalindi Khal pass between Gangotri and Badrinath valleys.

Long march to top of Kalindi Khal that connects Gangotri Bhagirathi valley with Alaknanda-Badrinath, in Uttarakhand

hills · monsoon

Long march to top of Kalindi Khal that connects Gangotri Bhagirathi valley with Alaknanda-Badrinath Setting up tents on the way to Kalindi Pass in Garhwal. See a glacial melt-water lake on the lateral side of a glacial moraine.

Plodding through knee deep snow on a rocky steep slope to top of Kalindi Khal Pass in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

Plodding through knee deep snow atop rocky scree slopes to top of Kalindi Khal in Uttarakhand Long march to top of Kalindi Khal that connects Gangotri Bhagirathi valley with Alaknanda-Badrinath Setting up tents on the way to Kalindi Pass in…

Trekking a rocky stretch with fresh deep snowpack near top of Kalindi Khal Pass at 19, 000 feet alt, in Uttarakhand

hills · monsoon

Tough walking terrain. One missed or slipped step and you end up with a sprained ankle - or worse! Plodding through knee deep snow atop rocky scree slopes to top of Kalindi Khal in Uttarakhand Long march to top of Kalindi Khal that connects…

Misty trek through the Valley of Flowers crosses a rain-soaked mountain bridge, in Uttarakhand

hills · monsoon

This footage captures a scenic trek through the Valley of Flowers National Park in Uttarakhand. A narrow bridge spans a mountain river as rain and dense mist blanket the valley.

Hikers trek through misty mountain trails near the Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Hikers trekking along a rocky mountain trail near the Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.

Monsoon trekking in the Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Hikers trekking through the Valley of Flowers National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.