Tosamaidan, a high-altitude pastureland in Kashmir’s Budgam district that was until recently the site of a firing range of the Indian Army and a virtual death trap for civilians, is today a symbol of community-driven sustainable living.
At the entrance to Tosamaidan, in Budgam district of Kashmir. ▲
The Sukhnag river snakes through the panoramic Tosamaidan landscape. ▲
Flocks of sheep graze in the grassland. ▲
The huts of pastoralists. ▲
Bakerwal pastoralists moving into Tosamaidan. ▲
Tosamaidan Bachao Front members in the high-altitude landscape. ▲
Members of the TBF and the School for Rural Development and Environment undertake ecological restoration . ▲
Ramiz Bashir in the meadow where he lost his brother Wajid to an explosion.
Photo: DrShaikh
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Mohammad ('Master') Maqbool and Shaikh Ghulam Rasool. ▲
Nazir Lone (‘RTI Nazir’)
Photo: Ashishh
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Zainab bi lost her husband to a stray shell explosion. ▲
A hillside near Tosamaidan deforested by the Indian Army.
Photo: Ashishh
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Youths of the TBF at a get-together. ▲
A Bakerwal boy herding sheep.
Photo: Ashishh
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An upland buzzard in flight. ▲
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, passed by Parliament, received the President’s assent on August 9, 2019. It reconstitutes the State into the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir, and takes effect on October 31, 2019. ▲
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