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****ATTN BETH FLYNN****FOR INDIA WATER PROJECT BY SOMINI SENGUPTA TRAX: 30239640A 6/15/2019 Jugail, Uttar Pradesh, India. A woman burned dry husks to fertilize the land in Jugail, Uttar Pradesh in the hopes that the summer monsoon will bring rain to the region. Residents of the Chopan Block in Uttar Pradesh, about 120km south of Varanasi, used to grow Lentils and Mustard and other grains with the rainwater that fell and refreshed the small ponds amid forested hills that locals say were home to monkeys and wild pigs decades ago. Today, the district is red and brown parched landscape, with Mahua trees and their deep roots the only vegetation that stays green year round. Many locals have stopped planting crops all together because they know that the rains are no longer sufficient to support their crops. Those who do grow can plant just once a year, and they take longer to grow due to the lack of water. Handpumps for drinking water run dry in the summer months, forcing residents to walk ever greater distances to fill their buckets and jugs. The only thing sustaining the community, according to locals, is the money sent back from young villagers who have migrated to IndiaÕs rapidly expanding cities for work. India has always been subjected to the extremes of itÕs climate, cycling between periods of drought, and extreme rainfall brought on by the monsoon. However, as the climate warms, and the monsoons annual cycle is disrupted, those extremes are getting more severe, leading to prolonged droughts and heavier flooding across the countryÑthreatening IndiaÕs urban and rural areas alike. CREDIT: Bryan Denton For The New York Times
Bryan Denton is an award-winning independent photojournalist based between New Dehli, India and Beirut, Lebanon. He is a contributing photographer with the New York Times, where his work has focused on conflict, climate change, humanitarian issues, and political transition in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Bryan has also completed commissions for publications and humanitarian organizations including TIME, Stern, The UNHCR, and Human Rights Watch. Winner of the 2016 Robert Capa Gold Medal for his work on the battle against ISIS in Iraq, and an alum of the 2014 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Bryan’s work has also been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the Chris Hondros Foundation, The Magenta Foundation, Prix-Bayeux Calvados and Foto8. His prints are held in the Sir Elton John Photography Collection, among others.

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