The Indira Gandhi Canal has transformed the lives of millions of people in the arid areas of Rajasthan in India.
Published in the BusinessWorld magazine, November 1995
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Women clean blackgram in Bajju |
A girl at a village fair |
A shepherd and his flock cross the canal at Lakhenwala |
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The miles to the potted water source have reduced thanks to the canal |
A farmer empties bales of cotton at the Hanumangarh Junction mandi, the bounty increasing with the canal waters. |
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Women set out on a long journey to fetch water in the parts of Rajasthan that do not benefit from the canal's water |
A farmers wife gets him water to beat the harsh sun. Cropping patterns are seeing a change now |
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Women in Jaisalmer trudge miles for firewood and water. |
Farmers return far from empty-handed after hawking their ware at the Vijaynagar mandi |
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The canal has given animal husbandry a fillip; wool sales in Nachna touch Rs 70 lakh a year. |
Bare shops have given way to well stocked store. |
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The canal comes with its set of problems too. Seepage and silting causes water logging at Lunkaransar. Water borne disease were unheard of for this arid part of Rajasthan. |
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