River bed visible due to the river being dried.
In Photos: The Ghost Villages Of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand's villages face desolation as climate change disrupts farming, depletes water sources, and rising temperatures lead to melting of glaciers. This has forced mass migration, turning once-thriving communities into ghost towns."
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Prema Devi (78) showing the abandoned house of their neighbour who had migrated Chandola Rain village in Pauri.
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Remains and after effects of forest fire in the forests of Pauri.
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Remains and after effects of forest fire in the forests of Pauri.
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Abandoned Dhanak village in Pauri.
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Sashi Prabha Chandola (73) showing the abandoned house of their neighbour who had migrated Chandola Rain village in Pauri.
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Deepak Nautiyal at his withered kiwi farm due to lack of timely rains near Pauri.
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Dr Manish Mehta, a young scientist at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun.
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Harish (75) and Belswari (72) of Kati village where most of the people have migrated, in Pauri.
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Prema Devi (78) walks past an abandoned house of their neighbour who had migrated from Pauri's Chandola Rain village.
