Kalahandi - Nature Shots

I was in Kalahandi recently for the RCFCE District Level Sensitization Workshop and was pleasantly surprised by the greenery all around and the dense forest cover just on the outskirts of Bhawani Patna, the capital city. For a person visiting the place for the first time and who has  grown up reading about the drought conditions prevailing in the district, I was almost shell shocked as I was expecting to visit a somewhat god forbidden land, where recalcitrant bureaucrats are transferred on punitive postings. As far as the workshop is concerned it went off quite well and was well organized. The participants were within control and the questions raised by them were at least manageable as they were within the ambit of RTE - which of course means less of histrionics and fireworks. Have a look at the slide show below for some of the workshop photographs.