Pottery work is extremely labour intensive. Earthen lamps have been selling at the same rate of forty to fifty rupees for a hundred pieces for several years now, but expenses have doubled, say the potters. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched several schemes to support and promote traditional potters.

Pottery work is extremely labour intensive. Earthen lamps have been selling at the same rate of forty to fifty rupees for a hundred pieces for several years now, but expenses have doubled, say the potters. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched several schemes to support and promote traditional potters.

With the onset of summer, people living in villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra start facing a water crisis. Despite many hand pumps, villagers have to step out to fetch water from the rivers nearby

With the onset of summer, people living in villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra start facing a water crisis. Despite many hand pumps, villagers have to step out to fetch water from the rivers nearby

With the onset of summer, people living in villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra start facing a water crisis. Despite many hand pumps, villagers have to step out to fetch water from the rivers nearby

With the onset of summer, people living in villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra start facing a water crisis. Despite many hand pumps, villagers have to step out to fetch water from the rivers nearby