Consider the following statement given by a student

"I have come from an area where rainfall is very scarce. It is very hot too. Our houses are made of mud. The walls of the houses are very thick and also plastered with mud. The roofs are made of thorny bushes."

This student must be from a village of

Ladakh

• Houses in Leh have two floors.
• The ground floor has no windows.
• The ground floor is for animals and for storing necessary things.
• Wooden steps are used to reach the different floors.
• The roof is the most important part of their house.
• During the summer season, people dry many fruits and vegetables on the roof and store them for winter.
• The houses are made up of stones which are kept one over the other.
• The walls of these houses are coated with a thick layer of mud and lime.
• The house looked like a shed from inside with a lot of hay stored there.
• Thick tree trunks are used to make, a flat strong roof.

​Manali (Himachal Pradesh)

• Manali is a hilly area.
• It rains heavily and snows as well there.
• The houses are made of stone or wood.

Assam

• It rains heavily in Assam.
• The houses are made almost 10 to 12 feet (3 to 3-5 metres) above the ground.
• This avoids flooding of the house during rain.
• They are made on strong bamboo pillars.
• The insides of the houses are also made of wood.

Kashmir

• Houses are made from stone cuts and kept one on top of the other and coated with mud.
• Some old houses have a special type of window which comes out of the wall. It is called 'dab'.
• In Srinagar, the 'Donga' houseboat can be seen in Dal Lake and the Jhelum river.
• From inside it is just like a house with different rooms.