Egrets fly as workers segregate waste at Bhagtanwala dumpyard during bio-remediation work at the site, in Amritsar.

A farmer harvests sugarcane at Kapil village in Karad.

A farmer carries sugarcane after harvesting for preparing jaggery, on the outskirts of Mohali.

A farmer carries bundles of sugarcanes from a field, in Nadia district of West Bengal.

A vendor cuts a sugarcane for his customer outside a wholesale vegetable market on the eve of Makar Sankranti, in Bangalore.

A woman carries a bunch of sugarcane after purchasing it on the eve of Makar Sankranti, in Bangalore. Sugarcane is used in rituals during this harvest festival, which also marks th...

Bullock-carts loaded with sugarcanes on their way to the Sahyadri Sugar Factory during the sugarcane crushing season, in Karad, Maharashtra

Vendors wait for customers at a sugarcane wholesale market in Kolkata.