Untouchables of Asia - Floodings in Bihar, India

Jakob Carlsen

Freelance

Where the rivers Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla and Krane meet in Bihar, India, the rainy season brings extensive flooding every year. The untouchables that are the lovest ranging citizens in India traditionally live in the lowest areas are most vulnerable towards the effects of the flooding. Their huts and crops are washed away and they have to seek shelter along the roads or at embankments in shelters made out of blankets. A lot of them die from starving or cold. The discrimination when the relief material is distributed makes surviving a struggle. This man has been fishing in the flooded ricefields but had no luck.

Jakob Carlsen, "Untouchables of Asia - Floodings in Bihar, India," in POYi Archive, Item #43140, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43140 (accessed November 22, 2024).