In pictures: India flood survivors
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More than 100,000 people have been rescued from the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand after floods and landslides left at least 800 dead in June. Photographer Ronny Sen has been meeting some of the survivors. Kaushalya Chauhan, 70, and her three children lived in a village that has been washed away. "I don't want to live like this," she says of her life in a relief camp. "I wish I had died in my village home."
Prahlad Singh, 63, is ill and has failing eyesight. He says he was alone at home when the floods hit his village. Mr Singh was rescued by a army helicopter. "I have never seen such destruction in my life," he says, still in a state of shock.
Ten-year-old Rishab Chauhan (right), who is living in a relief camp with his sister Amrita (centre) wants to return to his village, rebuild his home and return to school. They hope to move to a relative's house in an unaffected village until it is safe to return home.
Basawar Singh (left) is the postmaster of a village that has been washed away. He and his wife Anjani Singh (right) are looking after their grandchildren. His wife is worried about the land and the home they have lost in the floods.
Homemaker Seema Singh, 32, says she is grateful that her family survived the flood. But she worries about the future of her children. "We are alive, which is great. But what are we going to do now? All my jewellery that I got at the time of my marriage, our money, everything is gone. How will I pay for my children's education?"
Manisha Chauhan, a high school student, stares at an uncertain future after the floods swept away the family home. She wants to study pharmaceutical science. These days, she and her cousin Aditi Chauhan (right) stay in a single room with 40 other women in a relief camp.
A boy in the relief camp's dining area. The food is cooked by the survivors themselves.
Bhupendra Singh Chauhan worked as a photographer and tourist guide before the floods struck his village. He worries that tourists will stay away from Uttarakhand after the devastation and his livelihood will be affected.
A boy looks through the glass door of the gate of a relief camp.
Kanchan Singh, 52, took a loan of one million rupees to build his home. He moved into his new house in May. It was washed away by the floods in June.
Manju Chauhan (right) with Sukanya and Sanjana, her two school-going granddaughters, in the relief camp. Their mother stayed back in the flooded village to take care of the three cows that the family owns. The two girls worry about their mother as there is little news of her condition.