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On shaky ground
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2009
Alok Kumar Gupta
Nearly half a million people living in and around the Jharia coalfield in Jharkhand have to be shifted to control underground fires. But the government has no sound strategy for their rehabilitation and the people have no trust in the government
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Nirmala Paswan tries to cool the boundary wall of her hut with water. The wall spews smoke and has developed cracks. It may fall anytime… Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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A resident of Kujama gathers coal from mining waste. By noon she will collect a sackful. She will sell the coal at Rs 6 to Rs 10 a kg Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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Fissures run deep. People cannot live on unsteady ground, so the 0.45 million people living in and around Jharia will have to be moved. The relocation will cost the government exchequer Rs 10,000 crore, making it the world’s most ambitious plan yet Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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The smouldering fire below means children have to skip their way to school…even as the ground beneath threatens to shift Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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The smouldering fire below means children have to skip their way to school…even as the ground beneath threatens to shift Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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This coal fuelled underground kiln is barely 50 meters away from Kujama village Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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This coal fuelled underground kiln is barely 50 meters away from Kujama village Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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As flames leap, earth’s crust turns to black cinder Report by: Alok Kumar Gupta Photographs by: Sandip Kumar NagO
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