00:00This is the only way to get to the other side of the river.
00:08What are you going to do now?
00:10What can I do now?
00:11I can't stay here.
00:12What can I do in this rain?
00:18I cut my hair.
00:20I cut my hair like this.
00:22I cut my hair like this.
00:24I cut my hair like this.
00:25I cut my hair like this.
00:26I cut my hair like this.
00:27I cut my hair like this.
00:29I cut my hair like this.
00:32The water has started to go out of our house.
00:36Now it's gone.
00:38It's gone.
00:43We are going home after being beaten.
00:46We have worked hard.
00:49We will go and beg for alms.
00:52We will go and have food from the cows.
00:57Children, the money will run out tomorrow, but it won't be over yet.
01:06There are crores in the bank, tomorrow it will be two crores less.
01:11I have to go to the bank tomorrow.
01:22In July 2021, major landslides across Maharashtra killed around 192 people.
01:29One of these landslides wiped out a portion of an elevated village called Ambegar.
01:34Every road to the village was blocked, but brute journalist Abhijit Mane
01:39trekked for more than four hours to reach those stranded on the hilltop.
01:43Brute was the only media that attempted to tell their story.
01:48I used to sleep like this.
01:51I used to sleep on the floor.
01:55I didn't know how to get to the roof.
01:59The bricks were falling down.
02:05Two bricks were falling down.
02:08Two people died.
02:10I woke up and saw that my bricks were falling down.
02:14When our team came here, we were preparing for the flood.
02:20Then we got this situation that a landslide happened.
02:23When we came here, everything was in shambles.
02:27How many people were there?
02:29There were nine people in my house and six people upstairs.
02:33There were 15 people in total.
02:39We found the body of a family here.
02:44But the child is missing.
02:48The child's parents?
02:50Yes, the whole family.
03:06This was the region's first serious landslide,
03:09so it came as a shock to villagers who have been living here for generations.
03:14This has never happened before.
03:17This has happened only once.
03:19This has never happened before.
03:21We have suffered a lot.
03:24We have lost our grandchildren.
03:27How many years have you been here?
03:29We have been here for four generations.
03:38People have suffered a lot here.
03:42But no one has told us what happened.
03:46No one has told us what happened.
03:49And we have never seen it.
03:53Before disaster struck,
03:55villagers picked up on many warning signs in the environment around them,
03:59such as changes in water flow,
04:01cracks in the earth,
04:02and peculiar animal behavior.
04:06If the rain continues,
04:08the landslide can come down even further.
04:10Or the top of the hill,
04:12the top of the hill in the village,
04:13it can come down there too.
04:15Then it can go up to 200-250 feet.
04:19What did you say?
04:21We lost our homes.
04:23We are old people.
04:25We don't have a place to stay.
04:27Where can we go?
04:29The whole house is full of water.
04:31Look.
04:32This is our house.
04:33Where does the water come from?
04:34The whole house is full of water.
04:37Can you see?
04:38The whole house is full of water.
04:40The whole house is full of water.
04:41Look at this.
04:42The whole house is full of water.
04:44Disaster Management Act 2002
04:50It is always portrayed that
04:52disaster is some sudden occurrence.
04:54But it is not so.
04:55Many times, it is a man-made disaster.
04:58The Disaster Management Act 2002
05:01does not specify that
05:03we should work only after a disaster occurs.
05:07Most of the time,
05:08we see that we should work only after a disaster occurs.
05:11Many people lose their lives.
05:16Continuous heavy rains have kept the villagers on edge.
05:20They are scared that their house
05:21could be the next one swallowed by a landslide.
05:26It was like that at night.
05:28We woke up at 2 a.m.
05:30We were outside at 2 a.m.
05:32We thought we would die here.
05:34We were so scared.
05:38Look at the mess we are in.
05:41That was our house.
05:43We lived in that house.
05:47I was so scared that my house collapsed.
05:50My husband was in the house.
05:51He was making a mess.
05:53He was making a mess in the house.
05:55I was crying out for my husband's name.
05:58I was crying out for my husband's name.
06:00My house is collapsing.
06:01My husband is suffering.
06:02You were scared.
06:03Yes.
06:04There was no room.
06:05Everything was empty.
06:06There was no room.
06:07We could have gone there.
06:08We could have gone there.
06:09If we hadn't stayed there,
06:10who would have given us food?
06:13If we had gone there,
06:15what would have happened?
06:18We are not sleepy.
06:21If we don't sleep at night,
06:22we feel scared.
06:24It has been raining more than before.
06:27But it hasn't stopped at all.
06:29How do you feel?
06:30It has been raining since last night.
06:32It will continue to rain.
06:34Yes.
06:35It will continue to rain for us too.
06:38It will continue to rain for us too.
06:43Maharashtra has a rehabilitation scheme
06:45that's meant to provide affected communities
06:47with enough resources to rebuild their lives.
06:50But locals are apprehensive.
06:56I don't think anyone should come here at this hour.
07:00I don't think anyone should come here at this hour.
07:02Have you come here to rebuild their lives?
07:04Yes.
07:05If the government helps us,
07:06they should help us.
07:07That's why we are standing here.
07:10We can't do anything if we don't help.
07:12We will see what happens.
07:13We have created a huge problem
07:15in the rehabilitation scheme.
07:17We don't want to let it go.
07:18What's important is that
07:20our lives are in danger.
07:22We have to stay strong.
07:27What's there to eat?
07:28What's there to eat?
07:31We have food to eat.
07:46How long has it been?
07:48It's been 20 days.
07:49Do you have enough to sell?
07:50We have enough to sell.
07:51These people have created a problem.
07:53But their lives are in danger.
07:58The river has stopped.
08:00But where will the river go?
08:02The river will flow back to the border.
08:04What will happen to us here?
08:05We can't live here.
08:07How can we live here,
08:09when the government has created problems?
08:10We have to live and earn on our own.
08:15What do we do now?
08:17We can't live here.
08:20How will we survive
08:21How are we going to live here?
08:23Isn't it?
08:25No, we won't go.
08:27We won't go.
08:29Shankar,
08:31Shankar Jyotiba Kolekar
08:33I have been working
08:35in a famous company for 40 years.
08:37I lost my job.
08:39I have a farm, land, a house.
08:41This house, that house.
08:43I want to go to Patan or
08:45Satara or Agra.
08:47Do you want to meet me?
08:49Or
08:51do you want to eat cornflakes?
08:55You get everything here.
08:57Furnace, mangoes.
08:59You get everything.
09:01If you go to Rana, you won't get
09:03Mughal food, you will get Rana food.
09:05What will you get down there?
09:07If we go to Rana,
09:09we will get Rana food.
09:11We will get Khekdi.
09:13We won't get anything.
09:15What will you eat?
09:17Cornflakes.
09:19The money
09:21will run out tomorrow.
09:23But this won't run out.
09:27There are crores in it.
09:29Tomorrow it will be 2 crores less.
09:31But that crore won't last.
09:35Everyone is having fun
09:37but they are not spending money.
09:39What will you eat?
09:41I came to your house.
09:43I came to your house.
09:45I came to your house.
10:01Maharashtra is the first state
10:03in which there is a law
10:05on re-enactment.
10:07Still, it is not known
10:09where the re-enactments
10:11are taking place.
10:13There is not a single case
10:15where the re-enactments
10:17are taking place.
10:19It is very easy to live
10:21in the environment
10:23we are living in.
10:25It is very important
10:27to give them a place
10:29where they can live.
10:31Are you all from Ambegar?
10:33No, we are from Kayar.
10:35Is there a village down there?
10:37No, there is a village up there.
10:39Is there a village down there?
10:41No, there is a village up there.
10:43For some villagers,
10:45re-location is not an option.
10:47But with their livelihoods
10:49washed away and the looming
10:51threat of more landslides,
10:53the future looks as unstable
10:55as the ground beneath them.
10:57We have a lot of land up there.
10:59We have a lot of land up there.
11:01We have a lot of land up there.
11:03We need water, electricity,
11:05we need water, electricity,
11:07That is what we need.
11:11So we need water wherever
11:13we are sent,
11:15that is why we are leaving.
11:19We have to live.
11:21We have to survive.
11:23If the land softens,
11:25nothing will get done.
11:27If the land softens,
11:29nothing will get done.
11:31Otherwise, we won't survive.
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