“Mahukheda ki ghati, mare raand, jeevit mati” goes a local saying here. It implies “in the valley of Mahukheda, the women die and the men prosper”.
This paper is the result of a study conducted at the request of Sri Kisan Paryavaran Sangarsh Samiti, which is spear heading the cause of the farmers against the pollution ofthe Bandi river and groundwater in and around the town of Pali, by textile dyeing and printing industries.