UTTARAKHAND SOUTH-WEST
Overview Constructive Work
Planting Trees
Planting saplings.
Deforestation is the biggest problem in rural India today. Because agriculture is completely dependent on a good forests in the neighbourhood. When the forests
are cut, the rivers, streams and springs will dry up in the summer time.
The best thing to help agriculture and improve village life in general is to plant many new trees and protect the the
old trees against the timber mafia. That is what many villages already do.
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Farmer working in plant nursery.
Plant Nurseries
More photos about plant nurseries.
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Safe Drinking Water
The Slow Sand Filter: cheap, local construction, little maintenance
One of the biggest problems for the villagers in the Himalayas is safe drinking water. So the Himcon people were very happy when they found out that the University of Nagpur had a perfect solution: the Slow Sand Filter. In every village a semi skilled mason can build a unit with local materials and some cement. You only need some pipes to bring the water from a spring to the filter and from the filter to a tank. And that's it. Read more
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Villagers dig ponds to collect rain water in the monsoon.
Percolation Ponds
More photos about the construction of ponds and check dams.
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School
More photos about the school for poor children.
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Health Camp
More photos about a health camp for poor families.
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Afforestation
in Kimsar in the National Park
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Water specialist investigates the springs in the villages in Kimsar.
Investigation of the springs
in Kimsar in the National Park
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See also: Himalayan Waters - problems and solutions (documentary, 14 minutes)
Photos: Himcon, Uttarakhand and Peasant Autonomy - Creative Commons
