Timbaktu? Arcadia!
From a distance, Timbaktu seems like a mirage. The hilly terrain around is scrub country, angry red soil, thorny bushes, not a sign of water anywhere. In the middle of this is a lush green forest with over 400 species of swaying trees, bushes and creepers. This is Timbaktu, on the edges of Chennakothapalli village in Anantapur, one of India’s worst drought-prone districts where farmers have to coax their parched land every year to grow a crop of groundnut, sunflower or jowar. Tough weather conditions, deforestation and bad agricultural practices over long periods of time has left the farmer and the land on desolation road.
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From a distance, Timbaktu seems like a mirage. The hilly terrain around is scrub country, angry red soil, thorny bushes, not a sign of water anywhere. In the middle of this is a lush green forest with over 400 species of swaying trees, bushes and creepers. This is Timbaktu, on the edges of Chennakothapalli village in Anantapur, one of India’s worst drought-prone districts where farmers have to coax their parched land every year to grow a crop of groundnut, sunflower or jowar. Tough weather conditions, deforestation and bad agricultural practices over long periods of time has left the farmer and the land on desolation road.
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