Honorable Mention TOKYO-2016 Editorial / Environmental

Hungry Tide

  • Photographer
    Arka Dutta

Due to rising sea level, a number of islands located at the delta of river Ganges in West Bengal India is sinking. Few have already sunk, and some like this island, named Mousuni, is getting eroded with each tide. People are losing their homes, their lands. Everyday they are watching their lives sinking and knows for sure that soon they will become climate refugees.