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Villagers move to safe place during a flood at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

Villagers move to safe place during a flood at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

A villager sit on rooftop as he escapes from flooded water during heavy storm at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

A woman walks through flooded water during heavy storm at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

A villager sit on tree to escape from flooded water during heavy storm at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

Children move to safe place during a flood at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

Villagers move to safe place during a flood at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

Villagers escape from flooded water during heavy storm at kultali 24 parganas in West Bengal on Tuesday,26 May 2009.

A leopard falls in a well rescued at Sanaiguli village in Guwahati on Saturday, 28 March 2009. The full grown female leopard was later tranquillized by the zoo officials and taken to the Guwahati Zoo.

A leopard falls in a well rescued at Sanaiguli village in Guwahati on Saturday, 28 March 2009. The full grown female leopard was later tranquillized by the zoo officials and taken to the Guwahati Zoo.

Bollywood Actor Jackie Shroff on location of the film ‘Veer’ at Dulha Village in Jaipur on Friday,27 March 2009.

Bollywood Actor Jackie Shroff on location of the film ‘Veer’ at Dulha Village in Jaipur on Friday,27 March 2009.

Bollywood Actor Mithun Chakarvarty on location of the film ‘Veer’ at Dulha Village in Jaipur on Friday,27 March 2009.

Children playing Holi in Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh.

Chimalkhedi, a village in Maharashtra was submerged in the course of the Sardar Sarovar project in 1994. Since then they are awaiting rehabilitation.

A Chimalkhedi villager looks at Narmada. With no rehabilitation in sight, hundreds of adivasis face a bleak future.

Kids freak out at Jalsindhi village in Madhya Pradesh during holi, which is celebrated by all the tribals here. Jeevanshalas celebrate all festivals with the people"s participation.

Chimalkhedi, a village in Maharashtra got submerged due to Sardar Sarovar in the Narmada water, 1994 since when they are awaiting in the non-habitable tin sheds,but no land is allotted to them, as yet. Jeevanshala students along with their parents live in tin sheds, 10x10ft. in size are without ventilation and full of darkness. which is not justified as rehabilitation in Rs.40,000 crores worth project.

A Chimalkhedi villager looks at the river Narmada, perhaps wondering where life will take them from here. With no rehabilitaion to offer hundreds of such adivasis face legal and human injustice.

The Manibeli Jeevanshala before submergence under Narmada, where children spend hours learning,playing and residing.

Warmth in a bitter winter in Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh.

Shy girls run away from their group after holi celebration in village Bhadal, Madhya Pradesh.Many times prospective grooms look for brides during this festival.

Children at Jalsindhi village play on the ground which was once their school. It was submerged in the Narmada river due to raising of the dam’s height. The school in each village is under threat of submergence and yet thousands of affected families hold on.

Children in the village of Bhadal in Madhya Pradesh are largely unaware of how a dam is going to change their lives. They look curiously at the tools of activists.

Girls gather during holi celebration at Bhadal village, Madhya Pradesh. Many times prospective grooms look for brides during this festival.

Children at Jalsindhi village play on the ground which was once their school, which submerged in Narmada river due to r aising dam height. The school in each village is under threat of submergence and yet thousands of affected families hold on to their land, school, why life itself.

All that is left of the man-made destruction is a submerged village. Manibeli,Maharashtra.

Children in the village of Bhadal in Madhya Pradesh are innocent witness to the years long Narmada movement which may change the course of their life.

Wellknown social activist and spearhead of Narmada Bachao Andolan, a peopls movement since last 21yrs and co-founder of "Jeevanshala" drinks water from river Narmada, on her way to address meeting in Manibeli village.

Getting warmth in chilling winter at Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh.

Chimalkhedi school on the verge of submergence last year. Maharashtra government provided makeshift shades to villagers, where kids try and concentrate on their studies.

Tribals from different villages gather in Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh to celebrate Holi, their favourite festival. It is celebrated across the valley in different villages.

Students in the middle of an exam at Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra. Chimalkhedi was the village where the education revolution among the dam displaced tribals began in 1991.These crude classrooms try to educate tribal children so that they fully understand what has happened to their lives.

Kids heading towards Narmada river, half a kilometer away from the school , to clean their utensils, after breakfast. Village Trishul, Maharashtra.

Locally made Radio is the only source of entertainment in the entire valley. Having a Radio is treated as a prized possession for villagers. Trishul, Maharashtra.

Tribals of Jalsindhi village performing pooja of Goddess Narmada, after the holi festival in MADHYA PRADESH . The river banks have been flooded due to the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project that has made the villagers refuges in their own land.

Kids, displaced by the Narmada dam project running for shelter under a tree while playing hide-n-seek at village Trishul, Maharashtra.

An empty Nandurbar Zilla Parishad school, listed in government records at village Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra.

Two kids died of poisonous snake bite in Manibeli school a year ago. Kids studying with the help of electricity provided by generator. Power is available in the village for only 2 hours a day.

Local tribals walk in waist deep mud for fishing, risking life as crocodiles are on hunt in Narmada river bed near village Bilgaon, Maharashtra.