the day of the actual field, i.e., 10th august of 2016, we set our first visit. the destination was an adivasi wadi named "bhorkas". Along with the visit, we had a responsibility to fill out applications for the BPL rationing card for families which don't have it. we took an auto-rickshaw for the next 10 km pakka road. the auto dropped us near ambegaon fata (a local landmark). we walked 5.5 Km on an open street towards the mountain to reach bhorkas. that was a set route for us for the next three weeks.
throughout the travel, there was greenery; at hills covering small canals, alongside the rivers, it seemed as if the whole beautiful ecological set-up was architected so well by nature. meanwhile, on the way to bhorkas, we also visited a few more wadi'es like "dhamani", "ambegaon", and "rathichi wadi".
"dhamani" was the first wadi we saw. it had two separate settlements. one part was of the permanent residential families who have been residing there from their generation to generation. according to our resource person, the second part was rehabilitating families from the satara district koyana dam region. they were settled there by the government a few years ago. we were still 5 km back to "bhorkas". there was no public transport available. the whole area was full of forest and vegetation.
📑 in the mountains of sahyadri_
🖋 @dnyanesh_____
🌱 read this piece on blogspot, link is in the bio.
