My native region Behror, Rajasthan, was once a pastoral landscape, but for past two decades it has been transforming into an industrial hub. Since my region is part of the national capital region, it supports nearby cities for a major construction boom. Due to the growing demand of building materials, There has been widespread illegal mining of sand and stone in the region. As a result, 31 hills have been completely erased from the ground, which has also altered the natural flow of the river passing through them. The Arravli is the oldest mountain range of Asia and it stops sands coming from desert side of Rajasthan to the fertile side, till now 7 percent mountain has been lost, This has led to not just ecological damage, but also a loss of cultural. As the region embraces modernity and industrialization, people's perception of nature and the use of natural resources have changed. Unfortunately, environmental degradation in the region goes unquestioned. As a response to this situation, I have undertaken an ongoing project consisting of eco poetry composed by me near the mining spaces and public spaces around. This projects aim to use non- human elements as a reference point to generate kinship and empathy and offering alternative perspectives on the regional landscape. The poetries are written in abandoned spaces, where an individual would read in silence, they are specifically for the poeple working in the mining and agricultural sectors.

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The Poetries are composed by me, 

Acknowledgments: Anna lynn, Ramesh Chandra Yadav

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