Mahiti works in the most difficult area of “Bhal region” which consists of coastal area of Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, and Anand district of Gujarat State, India. In Gujarati language “Bhal” means “forehead” where nothing grows. Bhal is a region where salinity ingress is very high, the land is very saline, the ground water is saline and has no irrigation facilities. This area also has a very strong caste system and is still dominated by the culture of feudalism. |