Uttarakhand floods

Pune entrepreneur Rahul Pathak’s company Aquaplus Water Purifiers Pvt Ltd is using a unique filter to provide safe drinking water to millions across the world.

Hiresha Verma's startup Hanzen International helps women across Uttarakhand earn stable livelihood through mushroom farming, growing varieties such as oyster, milky, and portobello, as well as medicinal mushrooms like shiitake, ganoderma, cremini and enoki varieties. She also sells produce in different parts of India through Han Agrocare

"Even my family members urged me to return, but I didn't give up. Many people thought that I had lost my mind."

In Uttarakhand, officials quickly acted to save a horse that would have drowned in the Yamuna.

Slow down with the outrage. Here’s the reason behind this decision, one which links back to the devastating tsunami of 2004!

Last week, a massive cloudburst in the Malari area of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, led to a landslide.

Help came to Himanshu and his mother from a group of pilgrims from Kerala who volunteered to sponsor the expense for his education after hearing his story.

When severe floods hit Uttarakhand in June 2013, these brave women came together and saved the most important property of their village - the school. Without expecting anything in return, they faced several injuries but made sure that the future of their children was secured.

This group of volunteers is making sure that calamity-affected people get their lives back to normal as soon as possible. Providing woolens and essential supplies to the victims and rehabilitating them to better locations, these responsible samaritans are bringing positive changes in the lives of those affected by disasters.